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Italian, Wimbledon, French Open, Olympics: Everything you always wanted to know about Jasmine Paolini (but never had time to find out) – updated with Rome victory

All you need to know about the Italian, who reached her first and second Grand Slam singles finals in 2024

May 17, 2025

May 17, 2009: The day Federer beat Nadal on clay in Madrid

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

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May 16, 1999: The day Gustavo Kuerten prevented Pat Rafter from becoming world No 1

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 16, 1999, Pat Rafter was denied the chance to become world No 1 by Gustavo Kuerten

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Change of mindset pays dividends as Alcaraz closes in on maiden Italian Open title

The Spaniard is two wins away from a first Italian Open crown, which would complete his set of major clay-court titles

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US Open champion, Great Britain, injuries: Everything you always wanted to know about Emma Raducanu (but never had time to find out) – updated after 2025 Italian Open run

Here are the answers to some questions you may have about Emma Raducanu, who created tennis history at the 2021 US Open

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Italian, Wimbledon, French Open, Olympics: Everything you always wanted to know about Jasmine Paolini (but never had time to find out) – updated with Rome victory

May 17, 2009: The day Federer beat Nadal on clay in Madrid

May 16, 1999: The day Gustavo Kuerten prevented Pat Rafter from becoming world No 1

Change of mindset pays dividends as Alcaraz closes in on maiden Italian Open title

US Open champion, Great Britain, injuries: Everything you always wanted to know about Emma Raducanu (but never had time to find out) – updated after 2025 Italian Open run

Resilient Alcaraz comes through Draper test to reach Italian Open semi-finals

May 14, 2006: The day Federer and Nadal played the longest match of their amazing rivalry

May 13, 2012: The day when Roger Federer won the only tournament ever played on blue clay

Exclusive with Casper Ruud: “Clay court tennis is kind of what I live for”

May 12, 1984: The day Jimmy Connors was thrashed 6-0, 6-0 by Ivan Lendl

May 11, 1987: The day tennis came back to the Olympics

Osaka says “three-set matches are really fun” as she topples Bouzkova to return to last 16 in Rome

Top seed Sinner returns to action with win in Rome, an “amazing feeling” for him

May 9, 1915: The day Anthony Wilding, the first tennis superstar, was killed in World War I

Alcaraz stands firm after documentary controversy suggesting he’s enjoying life too much for an elite athlete

Alcaraz happy to see Sinner back in Rome, confident of his own fitness after injury

Osaka on why she struggled against Golubic: “It was a really terrible way of thinking”

How unexpected appearance in Saint-Malo reignited Osaka’s clay-court swing

“Very, very low expectations”: Five key quotes by Jannik Sinner before the world No 1 returns in Rome

Mouratoglou confident after Osaka’s win in Saint-Malo : “There were some moments where she played top five”