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“Everybody’s there to beat you”: Rome champion Svitolina will arrive at Roland-Garros with new confidence but a focus on the first round
A third Italian Open. A 20th career title. Four Grand Slam semi-final losses. Eight days before Roland-Garros, Elina Svitolina has reset the conversation about her chances in Paris.
Svitolina back on top of Rome eight years on, beating world Nos. 2, 3 and 4 in four days
Elina Svitolina (No 7) won her third Rome title, beating Coco Gauff (No 3) 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-2 to complete one of the most demanding paths to a WTA 1000 trophy in recent memory.
“That he struggles is not a problem for him to win”: Medvedev’s view on Sinner from across the net
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.
Did you think Sinner had shown fragility against Medvedev? The world No. 1 is already turning the experience into capital for Roland-Garros
The forty-eight hours that nearly broke Jannik Sinner against Medvedev have already, by his own framing, become Roland-Garros capital.
Sinner stretches Masters streak to 33, beating Medvedev in two days to reach Rome final
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.
Rain halts Rome semi-final summit, Sinner’s hardest match since February
Rome makes four: Ruud completes the big clay-court finals set with Darderi rout
“Just couldn’t dream about a better year”: Svitolina’s post-maternity comeback reaches a Rome final
May 15, 1994: The day Pete Sampras won Rome title, his best ever result on clay
Svitolina outlasts Swiatek to reach first Rome final in eight years, beating Nos. 2 and 3 in 24 hours
Clay-court Daniil as we like him: Medvedev grinds past Landaluce in Rome
Writing his “own story” rather than “chasing records”: dominant Sinner pulls back from the legacy machinery in Rome
Gauff reaches back-to-back Rome finals with straight-sets win over Cirstea
May 14, 2008: The day world No 1 Justine Henin suddenly quit professional tennis
Sinner’s 34-match Masters 1000 winning streak: The full list of victories that surpassed Djokovic’s All-Time record
Sinner breaks Djokovic’s record with 32nd straight Masters 1000 win against Rublev in Rome
“In a way it freed me up”: Sorana Cirstea on the late-career breakthrough she didn’t expect
Andrey Rublev says he “completely lost” himself – and that the worst is now behind him, thanks to Marat Safin
Darderi outlasts Jódar after smoke, rain and a 2 a.m. finish to reach first Masters 1000 semi-final
Svitolina turns it around against Rybakina to reach first Rome semi-final since 2018, Swiatek next