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“Just couldn’t dream about a better year”: Svitolina’s post-maternity comeback reaches a Rome final

May 15, 2026

May 15, 1994: The day Pete Sampras won Rome title, his best ever result on clay

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 15th, 1994, Pete Sampras achieved his best ever result on clay.

Alexandre Sokolowski

May 15, 2026

Svitolina outlasts Swiatek to reach first Rome final in eight years, beating Nos. 2 and 3 in 24 hours

Cédric Rouquette

May 15, 2026

Clay-court Daniil as we like him: Medvedev grinds past Landaluce in Rome

Daniil Medvedev (No 7) lost the opening set 6-1 in 22 minutes, missed three match points at 5-4 in the third, and still walked off Campo Centrale a Rome semi-finalist. The Russian outlasted Spanish lucky loser Martin Landaluce 1-6, 6-4, 7-5. Sinner now.

Cédric Rouquette

May 14, 2026

Writing his “own story” rather than “chasing records”: dominant Sinner pulls back from the legacy machinery in Rome

Jannik Sinner has broken Djokovic's Masters 1000 record. He doesn't want to talk about it. In front of his home crowd, the world No. 1 asks for the conversation to be about something else. Something trivial, or something greater? He hasn't let us know clearly enough yet.

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“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

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

Rain, a 6-1 reversal, and a Ruud reset: Norwegian into Rome semi-final just in time to boost confidence before Roland-Garros

“More like a clay-court player”: Swiatek is rediscovering the version of her game that won three Roland-Garros titles

“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

Swiatek’s level surges before Roland-Garros as Pegula falls in straight sets

May 13, 1973: The day Bobby Riggs “massacred” Margaret Court in a Battle of the Sexes prequel

“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