Jannik Sinner (No 1) saw off Daniil Medvedev (No 7) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to reach his sixth consecutive Masters 1000 final and a back-to-back Rome final. The Italian’s all-time Masters 1000 winning streak now stands at 33. Casper Ruud awaits on Sunday.

“I had no fuel today.” Luciano Darderi apologised to the crowd after a 6-1, 6-1 semi-final loss to Casper Ruud, at the end of a week that included his first top-three win, over Zverev.

Casper Ruud (No 13) crushed Luciano Darderi (No 18) 6-1, 6-1 in 66 minutes on Campo Centrale to reach his first Rome final and complete the clay-court Masters 1000 set — Monte-Carlo, Madrid, Rome and Roland-Garros. Sinner or Medvedev awaits on Sunday.

Ukrainian No. 7 seed Elina Svitolina reached her first Rome WTA 1000 final since she won the title in 2018 with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 win over Polish No. 4 seed Iga Świątek on Campo Centrale, the 31-year-old following her three-set defeat of world No. 2 Elena Rybakina the previous night with a victory over … Continued

Daniil Medvedev (No 7) lost the opening set 6-1 in 22 minutes, missed three match points at 5-4 in the third, and still walked off Campo Centrale a Rome semi-finalist. The Russian outlasted Spanish lucky loser Martin Landaluce 1-6, 6-4, 7-5. Sinner now.

Jannik Sinner has broken Novak Djokovic’s all-time record for consecutive ATP Masters 1000 wins, beating Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-4 in the quarter-finals at the Foro Italico on Thursday for his 32nd straight win at this level – but acknowledged in his press conference, in both English and Italian, that the run is starting to show … Continued

Coco Gauff (No 4) reached a second straight Rome final with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Sorana Cirstea (No 26), ending a run of three consecutive three-set wins in the Italian capital. It is the American’s seventh WTA 1000 final at 22 – and her second of 2026 after Miami.

Jannik Sinner has broken Novak Djokovic’s all-time ATP Masters 1000 record with 33 straight wins. Here’s the complete list of matches, scores and opponents.

The world No. 14 Andrey Rublev has given his most personal account yet of the period when he “completely lost” himself in 2025 – and credits Marat Safin with bringing him back.

Elina Svitolina (No 7) turned the Foro Italico quarter-final around against Elena Rybakina (No 2), winning 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. She now meets three-time Rome champion Iga Świątek for a place in the final.

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 15th, 1994, Pete Sampras achieved his best ever result on clay.

Grand Slam winner Madison Keys told AFP that the boycott option remained alive among “many players”, ten days prior to Roland-Garros.

Medical tests on Lorenzo Musetti’s left leg have confirmed a rectus femoris injury.

Stan Wawrinka and Gaël Monfils get main-draw wild cards. Four 17-year-olds join them. Clara Burel returns from injury. The full Roland-Garros 2026 wild-card lists, in detail.

Arthur Fils has said the scans taken after his Rome retirement are clear, and he is already back in training for Roland-Garros.

Holger Rune is not coming back yet. The 22-year-old Dane, seven months out from Achilles surgery, does not want to feel “almost ready” but “110%” when he returns.

Former Roland-Garros tournament director Guy Forget shrugged off the players’ Grand Slam boycott threat in an interview with French website Tennis Actu, dismissing the idea as “bizarre” and questioning the notion that the top players are pushing for higher prize money out of any genuine collective spirit. Forget, who ran the tournament from 2016 to … Continued

The clay season is reaching its climax with 2026 Roland-Garros (May 24–June 7). Monte-Carlo and Madrid are done, Rome is underway, and Roland-Garros is less than two weeks away. With Carlos Alcaraz sidelined by injury, the men’s draw could be more open than it has been in years, but Jannik Sinner’s 2026 form makes him … Continued

Asked in Rome about the prospect of a Grand Slam boycott, Alexander Zverev – one of the signatories of the top players’ letter – pushed back on the framing. The argument, he said, is about the revenue share, not the protest.

On Thursday in Rome, Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic each addressed the prospect of a Grand Slam boycott over prize money.

Sinner struggles physically. Sinner wins anyway. Daniil Medvedev, the player who just took him to five hours across two days, explains the pattern, and traces it back to Djokovic and Nadal.

When Elina Svitolina took 12 months away from the WTA tour in late 2022, she was 28 years old, ranked No. 24, and considered post-peak by most of the tennis world. She returned at Charleston in April 2023, ranked outside the world’s top 800. Within four months of returning, she had reached the Roland-Garros quarter-finals … Continued

Sorana Cirstea announced this would be her last year on tour. It is shaping up as one of her best. The 36-year-old explains, with unusual clarity, why deciding to leave unlocked the tennis.

Iga Swiatek is into the Rome semi-finals, hasn’t faced a break point in two days, and on Wednesday told reporters she is back to “playing more like a clay-court player.” Roig is delivering.

Now ranked outside the top 70, the Greek is struggling for confidence and while his father remains in his coaching camp, things are unlikely to change

Jannik Sinner has spent the Madrid Open quietly admitting he is tired. With Rome and Roland-Garros looming, the world number one is navigating a familiar dilemma, and a familiar illusion.

The 21-year-old Frenchman spent a semi-final defeat identifying the precise cost of his greatest strength. What he did with that knowledge was something else entirely.

Indian Wells. Miami. Monte Carlo. The world No. 1 didn’t just return from a sluggish start to the season – he came back and demolished the competition. Here is how he did it. Once upon a time in California…

Sunday’s Monte-Carlo Masters final brings the first Alcaraz–Sinner clash of the year, on clay, with the world number one ranking at stake. Everyone was waiting for it — the players most of all, for whom facing each other is the only way to know where they truly stand.

Teen prospect Joao Fonseca dazzles on debut in Monte-Carlo, but as he measures himself against Alcaraz and Sinner, the Brazilian knows that patience, humility and hard work – not hype – will shape his rise.

Jannik Sinner has broken Djokovic’s Masters 1000 record. He doesn’t want to talk about it. In front of his home crowd, the world No. 1 asks for the conversation to be about something else. Something trivial, or something greater? He hasn’t let us know clearly enough yet.

In a sport built on tennis parents who became inseparable from the story, Jannik Sinner is asking for the opposite. In Rome, he drew the line at his family.

“Jannik is really, really the heavy favourite. Carlos on clay, when he’s healthy, is equal or above him.” Zverev sets the order after his Rome third round win.

Jannik Sinner brushed aside questions about his Roland-Garros favouritism and paid a heartfelt tribute to an injured Carlos Alcaraz on Friday.

The reigning Roland Garros champion will forfeit 3,000 ranking points as rival Jannik Sinner stands to benefit most from his absence.

The top two are almost 8,000 points ahead of No 3 Alexander Zverev and are mopping up every tile, but is it becoming too boring?

Indian Wells. Miami. Monte Carlo. The world No. 1 didn’t just return from a sluggish start to the season – he came back and demolished the competition. Here is how he did it. Once upon a time in California…

A 7-6, 6-3 victory over the reigning champion ends Alcaraz’s 22-week reign at the top of the rankings, hands Sinner his 67th week at No. 1 —–and delivers his first title on clay at the highest level.

Alcaraz arrives on clay having lost just once in two years on the surface. Sinner arrives having spent exactly as many weeks at world No. 1 as his opponent: 66. Only one of them leaves with the right to add a 67th.

Sunday’s Monte-Carlo Masters final brings the first Alcaraz–Sinner clash of the year, on clay, with the world number one ranking at stake. Everyone was waiting for it — the players most of all, for whom facing each other is the only way to know where they truly stand.

Beaten in three sets by Dino Prizmic in his Rome opener, Novak Djokovic spoke with unusual directness about the physical reality he is now playing inside – and the choices that come with it.

Rafael Nadal dismissed the “prospect” label for world number one Carlos Alcaraz and questioned how many major opportunities remain for Novak Djokovic.

Following a grueling Australian Open final against Carlos Alcaraz, the 10-time champion showed immense grace in defeat, reflecting on his two-decade journey in Melbourne and a surprising run to the championship match.

Following a historic five-set victory over Jannik Sinner at the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic reflects on defying the “experts” who tried to retire him, his strategic recovery for the final, and why this semifinal stands as his finest performance in years. This is most of the quotes Novak delivered at the flash quotes spot in Melbourne after 2:00 am.

Now that the intensity and need is no longer there, it seems the likes of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are letting go much of their past.

Roger Federer spoke at the Australian Open on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s Opening Ceremony and exhibition match. Here are the 9 key takeaways from his press conference.

Novak Djokovic has severed ties with the PTPA, the breakaway union he co-founded in 2020, citing deep-seated concerns over transparency and governance.

Roger Federer returns to Melbourne for AO opening night exhibition alongside Andre Agassi and Lleyton Hewitt. He hasn’t played in Melbourne since 2020.

Rafael Nadal reflected in an interview on his competitive yet respectful rivalry with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, stating that he has grown to appreciate his rivals and is proud of the shared history.

Swiss legend Roger Federer will join tennis immortals at August ceremony.

Novak Djokovic secured his 101st career title on Saturday, defeating Lorenzo Musetti 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in a physically demanding 2-hour, 58-minute final at the Vanda Pharmaceuticals Hellenic Championship in Athens.

“Longevity is one of my biggest motivations,” Djokovic said in Riyadh, downplaying any impression that he might retire soon.

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 17, 2009, Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal on his home soil. A milestone victory before Roland-Garros

Each day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On this day in 2009, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic played the longest three-set match in ATP Masters 1000 history in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters 1000

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 15th, 1994, Pete Sampras achieved his best ever result on clay.

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 14, 2008, Justine Henin, then the world No 1, shocked the tennis world with the sudden announcement that she was to retire

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 13th, 1973, 55-year-old Bobby Riggs thrashed Margaret Court, then the world No 2, in a match known as the “Mother’s Day Massacre”. It was an event that would lead to the famous “Battle of the Sexes” a few months later

On this day in 1979, a pig-tailed 16-year-old named Tracy Austin shocked the most dominant clay-courter in tennis history, ending Chris Evert’s 125-match winning streak on clay in Rome

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 11th, 1987, the IOC voted to reintroduce tennis at the 1988 Olympics.

Every day, Tennis Majors looks back at the biggest moments in tennis history. On May 10, 1996, 15 year-old Martina Hingis shocked the tennis world by handing long-time world No 1 Steffi Graf her first loss of the year in Rome