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Peyton Stearns, Jasmine Paolini win three-setters to reach Rome semis
Italian sixth seed Jasmine Paolini is one step closer to winning her national open after rallying past Russian No. 13 seed Diana Shnaider 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Tuesday in Rome.,In the semifinals, Paolini will meet unseeded American Peyton Stearn...
Americans Coco Gauff, Peyton Stearns power into Rome QFs
Coco Gauff and Peyton Stearns ensured the quarterfinals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia would feature two American women when they won their Round of 16 matches on Monday in Rome.,On a day free of upsets, Gauff had perhaps the most impressive victory when the No. 4 seed breezed past Great Britain...
Jannik Sinner keeps rolling at Italian Open
Jannik Sinner still has some rust from his three-month absence, but he hasn't lost the ability to bounce back, overcoming a brief lapse in the first set to beat Dutch qualifier Jesper de Jong 6-4, 6-2 and move into the fourth round of the Italian Open on Monday in Rome.,In just his second match sinc...
Defending champ Alexander Zverev rolls at Italian Open
No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany cruised into the fourth round of the Italian Open at Rome with a convincing 6-4, 6-0 victory over qualifier Vilius Gaubas of Lithuania.,Zverev, the defending champion, needed just 86 minutes to advance in his ninth consecutive singles match win in the event. He...
Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff avoid upset bug, advance in Rome
Three of the five top seeds in the women's draw were upset Saturday at the Italian Open in Rome. On Sunday, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff made sure it did not happen again.,Top seed Sabalenka came from behind to defeat former Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, while the fourth-seeded...
Jannik Sinner's much-anticipated return goes smoothly at Italian Open
ATP No. 1 and top overall seed Jannik Sinner kept things simple in his first match back from a doping ban by dispatching Argentina's Mariano Navone in straight sets in Rome on Saturday, winning 6-3, 6-4 to advance in his home country's Italian Open.,"It's an amazing feeling, no? I've waited quite a ...
Local favorite Matteo Berrettini advances in Italian Open
Matteo Berrettini thrilled the home-country crowd in Rome on Saturday, coming from behind to top Jacob Fearnley 6-4, 7-6 (0) and move to the third round of the Italian Open.,Berrettini, the No. 29 seed, is appearing in the Rome tournament for the first time since 2021 because of injury and illnesses...
Iga Swiatek to tumble from World No. 2 after loss to Danielle Collins in Rome
The spring of Iga Swiatek's discontent continued Saturday when was she was ousted by Danielle Collins in the third round of the Italian Open in Rome.,Collins' 6-1, 7-5 upset win over the World No. 2 player seemed improbable on paper. Collins had lost to Swiatek in seven of their past eight matches. ...
Carlos Alcaraz makes triumphant return in Rome
Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz returned to competition from an adductor injury and had little trouble beating Serbian qualifier Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-3 in the Round of 64 of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Friday in Rome.,Alcaraz missed the Madrid Open in his home country last month to rest the injur...
Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff take different routes to third round in Rome
Aryna Sabalenka opened her quest for back-to-back titles on clay Friday with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Russian Anastasia Potapova at the Italian Open in Rome.,A first-round bye meant the match was the first in Rome for Sabalenka, the No. 1 seed and top player in the world. It took her just 63 minutes to t...
No. 2 Iga Swiatek, No. 3 Jessica Pegula move to third round at Italian Open
No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek needed just 52 minutes to advance to the third round at the Italian Open, topping home-country favorite Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1, 6-0 on Thursday in Rome.,It was a dominant performance by Swiatek, who won 84 percent (16 of 19) of the points on her first serve, compared to ju...
Naomi Osaka notches first-round win in Rome
Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka of Japan continued momentum from her tournament title on Sunday with a first-round win Wednesday over Italy's Sara Errani at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome.,Osaka dispatched Errani 6-2, 6-3 in 79 minutes. Osaka fired 40 winners, had a 7-0 advantage in aces and...
Petra Kvitova wins opener in Rome for first victory since 2023
Czech Petra Kvitova won her first match since 2023, defeating Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania 7-5, 6-1 in the first round at the Italian Open in Rome on Tuesday.,Once ranked as high as No. 2 in the world -- that was Oct. 31, 2011 -- she is now the No. 830 player after taking 18 months off for pregnanc...
Six-time champ Novak Djokovic pulls out of Italian Open
Novak Djokovic's bid for his 100th ATP Tour singles title will have to wait a little longer after the Serbian star pulled out of next month's Italian Open on Tuesday.,Djokovic, a six-time winner of the clay-court tournament in Rome, is coming off a shocking loss on Sunday to Italy's Matteo Arnaldi i...
Tommy Paul, Taylor Fritz score major upsets in Rome
It was a banner day for Americans at Foro Italico, as both Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz posted big upsets to reach the quarterfinals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Tuesday in Rome.,The 14th-seeded Paul took down No. 2 seed and defending champion Daniil Medvedev of Russia 6-1, 6-4. Fritz, the N...
No. 1 Novak Djokovic ousted by Chile's Alejandro Tabilo in Rome
Alejandro Tabilo of Chile upset World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-3 to move to the fourth round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Sunday in Rome.,Djokovic, who has won six times in Rome, had just 14 winners against 12 unforced errors in the 68-minute match. Eight of those winners came on aces, a...
Nick Kyrgios Says He's "Fucking Done" During Tantrum, And It's Hard Not To Believe Him
Of all Nick Kyrgios’s many many many many tantrums, the one he unleashed today at the Italian Open was his most over-the-top display yet. On the heels of a brutally honest interview with tennis writer Ben Rothenberg, in which Kyrgios admitted winning tennis matches doesn’t make him happy, that he do...
Rafael Nadal And The Rain Kept The Future Of Tennis In Check
What if the rain hadn’t come? Maybe Alexander Zverev would have gotten his third straight title, and the most significant win of his life: Rafael Nadal on clay in a final. That’s not an especially big “maybe,” either, just a medium-sized one....
Andre Agassi Will Coach Novak Djokovic At The French Open
Andre Agassi, the eight-time Grand Slam winner who has largely kept his distance from the tour since retiring in 2006, is about to take on his first-ever coaching project: the slumping Novak Djokovic. The world No. 2 revealed this new partnership after his loss to Alexander Zverev in the Italian Ope...
How Dominic Thiem Broke Rafael Nadal's 17-Match Winning Streak <em></em>
“One tournament he can win is Roland Garros. So we’ll see. Hopefully not this year,” Rafael Nadal recently said of today’s opponent, Dominic Thiem, with a wink. It now feels like he willed that version of Thiem—the genuine French Open threat, the hardest-hitting guy on clay—into existence....