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The seed carnage continues in Rome: Basilashvili reaches first Masters 1000 third round in four years, ousting Shelton in three
Navone and the cramps upset Auger-Aliassime in a double tie-break, Felix third Top 10 out in Rome
Mariano Navone (No 44) stunned Félix Auger-Aliassime (No 4) 7-6(4), 7-6(5) at the Rome Masters 1000, finishing off a cramping world No. 5 who had resorted to an underarm second serve to save a match point. The Argentine takes the first top-10 scalp of his career in just under three hours, becoming the third top-10 man out of the tournament in 24 hours.
Qualifier Llamas Ruiz outlasts Moutet over three hours to extend Cinderella run in Rome
Pablo Llamas Ruiz arrived at the Foro Italico as a qualifier ranked No. 139 and walked off Court 1 having played his sixth match in eight days. The Spaniard outlasted Corentin Moutet (No 28) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 in three hours and two minutes.
Machac withdraws from Rome with illness, Medvedev through on walkover
Czech world number 53 Tomas Machac has pulled out of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia singles draw with illness. Daniil Medvedev advances on walkover, and several other matches have been rescheduled.
May 9 2000: The day Jim Courier announced his retirement from professional tennis
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 9, 2000, Jim Courier retired from professional tennis after a career which included four Grand Slam titles and two Davis Cup titles
“A new reality I have to deal with”: Novak Djokovic’s quiet admission after Rome exit
Prizmic ends Djokovic’s perfect Rome opener as Croatian qualifier lands second top-10 win
“We haven’t spoken about boycotting”: Alexander Zverev cools the rhetoric, but sharpens the numbers
First men’s second-round match, first upset: De Minaur defeated by Arnaldi, Jodar next
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“I want to blow apart this monopoly”: Angelo Binaghi sides with players against the Slams, and pushes his fifth-Grand-Slam dream
May 7 2008: The day Juan Carlos Ferrero became the first man to beat Rafael Nadal in Rome
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May 4, 1980: The day Connors beat world No 1 McEnroe in the WCT Finals in Dallas
Sinner makes history with five consecutive Masters titles in 59-minute demolition of Zverev
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