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“Top 30 at the end of the year”: Djokovic’s conqueror Prizmic sets his target after reaching the Rome second week
Dino Prizmic followed his win over Djokovic with a 6-1, 7-5 defeat of Humbert to reach the Rome round of 16 – and named his year-end goal: top 30.
Fils retires after 22 minutes in Rome opener against wild-card Pellegrino
Arthur Fils (No 15) walked off Court Pietrangeli after 22 minutes and four games, struggling with what appeared to be a physical issue against Italian wild card Andrea Pellegrino (No 155) — the third round goes to the home player without a single completed set. The Frenchman, fresh from a Madrid semi-final last week and projected to meet Jannik Sinner in the round of 16, leaves Rome before he could really arrive.
Sinner opens Rome with clinical Ofner win as Masters streak stretches to 29
While Aryna Sabalenka, Jasmine Paolini, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Ben Shelton all fell out of Rome on the same afternoon, Jannik Sinner was the pole of stability. The Italian (No 1) eased past Sebastian Ofner 6-3, 6-4 on Campo Centrale to extend his run at Masters 1000 level to 29 matches – and to put one more match between him and the only Masters trophy still missing from his collection.
The seed carnage continues in Rome: Basilashvili reaches first Masters 1000 third round in four years, ousting Shelton in three
Sabalenka cites lower-back and hip issue after Rome exit, plans “days off” before Roland-Garros
Navone and the cramps upset Auger-Aliassime in a double tie-break, Felix third Top 10 out in Rome
Mertens saves three match points to dethrone Paolini and end Italian’s two-year top-10 run
Qualifier Llamas Ruiz outlasts Moutet over three hours to extend Cinderella run in Rome
Gauff drops first set, then loses just one service game to reach Rome last 16
Machac withdraws from Rome with illness, Medvedev through on walkover
Prizmic ends Djokovic’s perfect Rome opener as Croatian qualifier lands second top-10 win
First men’s second-round match, first upset: De Minaur defeated by Arnaldi, Jodar next
“The most natural shot I have”: Lilli Tagger explains the one-handed backhand, after a Rome loss to Sakkari
“More natural, more solid, kind of disciplined”: Iga Swiatek’s early verdict on working with Francisco Roig
“Really, like, shitty, literally”: Iga Swiatek recounts her Madrid illness ahead of Rome return
« No reason not to play Rome, but let’s see » : Jannik Sinner knows how much it takes to reach that level
Sinner makes history with five consecutive Masters titles in 59-minute demolition of Zverev
“It was almost like a curse”: Marta Kostyuk on finally letting go of the 15-year-old prodigy
Kostyuk wins first WTA 1000 title with backflip and a perfect clay record
Zverev ends Blockx’s dream run to set up fifth straight Masters final against Sinner