ATP
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.
May 16, 2009: The day Nadal and Djokovic played the longest three-set match in ATP Masters 1000 history
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
Rain halts Rome semi-final summit, Sinner’s hardest match since February
Jannik Sinner (No 1) leads Daniil Medvedev (No 7) 6-2, 5-7, 4-2 in a suspended Rome semi-final, the Italian two games from the final but visibly tired after a medical timeout at 3-2 in the third. The Russian had made it 5-7, taking the first set off Sinner this tournament. Play resumes Saturday from 3 p.m. local time.
“The most beautiful tournament of my life”: exausted Darderi dedicates his Rome run to his family
"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.
Rome makes four: Ruud completes the big clay-court finals set with Darderi rout
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.
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
“I’m going to be alright”: Sinner brushes off fatigue concerns after reaching Rome semi-finals
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
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
Rain, a 6-1 reversal, and a Ruud reset: Norwegian into Rome semi-final just in time to boost confidence before Roland-Garros
Lorenzo Musetti withdraws from Roland-Garros after rectus femoris injury confirmed in Rome
“When they come at me, no problem. When they come at my family – that bothers me”: Jannik Sinner on the price of being Italy’s biggest sports star
“The future of the season is foggy”: Lorenzo Musetti loses his top-10 status in the same Rome where he first claimed it
“The worst court I’ve ever played on”: exhausted Alexander Zverev hits back at the Foro Italico after Rome upset
Unbelievable: Darderi saves four match points and bagels Zverev to knock out the world No. 3 in Rome
Sinner equals Djokovic’s all-time Masters 1000 win streak with Pellegrino dispatch in Rome
Cirstea reaches first Rome semi-final at 36, downing Ostapenko in her farewell season