Precious cargo: Jannik Sinner spotted going through airport security carrying Australian Open trophy en route to Dubai

A tennis fan got very close to the Australian Open trophy as Jannik Sinner was spotted going through security in Dubai on his way back to Italy when he was received home to a heroes' welcome after becoming a Grand Slam champion.

Attending the Australian Open, Katie Bevan was going through security and was bizarrely going through with the champion himself who had the trophy in his carry on bag. The fan in question got a photo with Sinner and had a quick chat about the final with the Italian who came from two sets down to defeat Daniil Medvedev. But bizarrely his carry on bag wasn't Gucci seemingly despite him being a brand ambassador and famously carrying on one of their bags onto court at Wimbledon during the 2023 season.

"Things that weren’t on my 2024 bingo card: meeting Jannik Sinner in Dubai airport security as we both sorted out our hand luggage. His carry-on bag being the actual Australian Open trophy (!) made the electronics and liquids in my tray look very unimpressive," Katie Bevan captioned her post.

Other fans chimed in that this has happened before after some believed it was odd that Sinner wouldn't go through his own security and went through economy. "Novak Djokovic was on my flight back from AO in 2012 so I had a similar experience in the queue. Except he wasn’t carrying the trophy so obviously."