Football frenzy in Miami! Badosa and Tsitsipas meet Beckham after Sinner joins Italian squad

While the Miami Open shares the rights to calling Hard Rock Stadium home with the NFL's Miami Dolphins, \fútbol \has been on the minds of many of the ATP and WTA stars during the second leg of the Sunshine Double.

On the court, Brazil's star forward Neymar was among those who enjoyed watching Carlos Alcaraz in action. But off of it, after being eliminated in the second round last week, power couple Paula Badosa and Stefanos Tsitsipas visited Inter Miami CF’s training facility this week, where they met club co-owner David Beckham and players including Leonardo Campana, who also met with Ons Jabeur ahead of the tournament.

Though Leonardo Messi wasn't on hand for the meet-and-greet, Tsitsipas posed with the Argentine's No. 10 jersey while Badosa got a custom kit that featured her name. Per the ATP website, the Greek star also showed off his juggling skills with Campana, whose father, Pablo, was a former pro who represented Ecuador at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Meanwhile, Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner was also at the home of Inter Miami FC for another reason: The Italian met with the Azzurri, or his country's national soccer team.

The team was in town to face Venezuela in an international friendly for the first time as part of its preparations for the Euro 2024 tournament, which will be held in June and July.

"It was just an amazing experience ... it was something different," Sinner told Tennis Channel's Prakash Amritraj later in the tournament. "I like to do also stuff not only in tennis. Off the court, I love to be in sport environments, like football ... it was a really special moment for me."

Sinner also told Amritraj that he sometimes plays the video game "Call of Duty" with Italy's star goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarumma, calling him "a very good friend."

Will any tips he gleaned on fancy footwork give Sinner the edge once more in his Australian Open rematch against Daniil Medvedev in Friday's semifinals?