US Edition'My Way:' Hundreds Honor the Late Tennis Great Nicola Pietrangeli at Rome Memorial
The memorial featured tributes including the 1976 Davis Cup and drew hundreds, with notable Italian sports leaders and Prince Albert II attending, while current players were absent.
- Wednesday's public viewing at Stadio Pietrangeli drew hundreds who came to honor Nicola Pietrangeli days after his death at age 92.
- Pietrangeli, Italy's first Grand Slam singles champion, won the French Championships in 1959 and 1960 and holds Davis Cup records from 66 ties from 1954-72.
- A large screen displayed images of Pietrangeli's career accompanied by Charles Aznavour's music, and `My Way` played as Marco, his son, said, `Everything just as he wanted, the place and the music.`
- Prominent sports figures attended, including former and current presidents of the Italian National Olympic Committee, the head of the Italian Tennis Federation, Adriano Panatta, Tonino Zugarelli, and Fabio Fognini, though current players like Jannik Sinner were noticeably absent.
- A private funeral was planned later in Rome, with the coffin taken to the Chiesa della Gran Madre di Dio in Rome for the service.
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Video. Italy pays tribute to Nicola Pietrangeli, with a fiery chapel and private funeral, in the presence of personalities of sport, politics and entertainment.
I want to study in the United States through a sports scholarship: Click here Italian tennis lives hours of deep sadness after the unfortunate death of Nicola Pietrangeli, the first great legend of sport in that country. The former player, winner of two Roland Garros titles and key figure in the history of world tennis, died at 92 years old, leaving an indelible legacy. At the Italic Forum, stage of the ATP Masters 1000 of Rome and home of the c…
Two days after Nicola Pietrangeli's death at the age of 92, Italy paid tribute to him in Rome on Wednesday morning at a ceremony on the central court of Foro Italico.
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