Laila Hasanovic Celebrates Her Birthday and Dodges a Question About Jannik Sinner

Laila Hasanovic celebrated her birthday by posting a video on Instagram in which she blows out the candles on a cake with her name on it. The Danish model turned a year older on Sunday and celebrated with a party in Copenhagen, together with family and friends: “Thank you for all the birthday wishes. I feel very lucky and blessed to be where I am today, surrounded by the best people.”

Among them, however, was not Jannik Sinner, who is going through a busy period and has just taken a new direction in his career by choosing Magnus Norman as his new coach to replace the departing Darren Cahill. The Italian tennis player is in Italy, where he has announced a press conference for next Tuesday in Milan.

Laila declined to comment on the latest rumors about their relationship, and speaking to Se og Hør on the sidelines of the recent Elle Awards, she chose to avoid answering questions about Sinner: “No, he’s not here at the event. I’d rather keep my private life to myself tonight,” said the Danish model without elaborating further.

Laila has had a very busy few weeks, juggling work and travel. After her stay in Los Angeles, where she celebrated Halloween dressed as a vampire and wrote to her followers, “Should I move here??”, the model recalled in an interview with Elle Denmark how distance is part of everyday life with Sinner: “Even if I moved in with him tomorrow, it would still be a long-distance relationship, because he’s busy with tournaments practically all year round.”

Norman’s choice, meanwhile, has been well-received in the tennis world. Former world No. 1 Andy Roddick called it “an obvious choice” and, on his podcast, highlighted the Swede’s work with Robin Söderling—who went on to defeat Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros and reach two consecutive finals in Paris—and with Stan Wawrinka, whom he transformed into a three-time Grand Slam champion. Wawrinka himself, in an interview with *La Gazzetta dello Sport*, explained that Norman is “very skilled at picking up on the small details and working on the mental aspect” and can help Sinner “keep his hunger for victory alive—the hardest thing when you’re at the top.”