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F1 star Mick Schumacher's model ex-girlfriend sparks Jannik Sinner dating rumours as she watches his French Open final defeat... months after the pair were 'spotted in her hometown'
Mick Schumacher 's model ex-girlfriend has sparked rumours that she is in a relationship with Jannik Sinner after being spotted at the French Open final.
The Italian lost one of the greatest finals of all time, with Carlos Alcaraz coming back from three Championship points to win the final three sets in a five hour and 29 minute epic clash.
But despite falling short in the showpiece spectacle at Roland Garros, Sinner seemed to have a special fan in the crowd on Philippe Chatrier.
Laila Hasanovic appears to have split with Formula One star Schumacher after both appeared on celebrity dating app Raya, with Sinner also parting ways with his former partner, Anna Kalinskaya, confirming he was single in an interview in May.
Sinner was forced to deny rumours of a relationship in pre-tournament media for Roland Garros, after he was glimpsed in Copenhagen by a fan allegedly on a date with Hasanovic, as per an Italian entertainment outlet.
'No, no, there was no girl,' Sinner denied a week later. 'I had just some business with a couple of photo shootings there. That's it. Nothing else.'
Hasanovic is a model and was thought to have been dating Schumacher for well over a year, reportedly having been welcomed into the 'inner circle' of the German driver's family.
There had been rumours the couple had got engaged after a cryptic Instagram post from the Danish model, however she quickly put them to bed.
Sinner's relationship with fellow tennis player Kalinskaya last season all but opened the floodgates for coverage of his private life, with the Italian media desperate to understand who the player might have moved on with after his split with the Russian star in 2024.
The first 'mystery woman' to have whipped up gossip columnists into a lather has some familiarity with the spotlight.
Lara Leito, 31, was previously involved in a six-year relationship with two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody, before the pair split in 2018.
Leito and Sinner was caught by paparazzi in Monaco at the tennis club, with the Russian model having been spotted allegedly filming the player from the stands as he practiced.
The purported couple were then reportedly spotted hugging and later kissing after he gave her a lift from the club in his car, sparking online sleuths to comb through her social media profile for tennis-related clubs.
Leito visited Monaco for the Monte-Carlo Masters, and shared a number of tennis-themed posts - including one with a fox emoji, which some suspected linked to Jannik's long-term nickname.
Hasanovic was reportedly welcomed into the Schumacher family 'inner circle' but both have since been seen on celebrity dating app Raya
But Sinner was swift to deny the rumours when asked, somewhat improbably, straight off the bat by journalists in Rome.
It has been a whirlwind few months for World No 1 Sinner, who had a well-publicised - and much debated - three-month ban from the sport after reaching a charged settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency following the Australian Open.
Sinner had initially been found to bear no fault or negligence for testing positive on two occasions for banned substance clostebol, which infected the three-time Grand Slam champion after it was used to treat a cut on the finger of his then-physio.
But WADA lodged their appeal against the International Tennis Integrity Agency's verdict in September, casting a pall over the sport as Sinner's position at the top of the ATP continued to look otherwise unassailable.
In the end, a relatively short suspension was handed down, lasting from early February to the start of May.
