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Sinner equals Djokovic’s all-time Masters 1000 win streak with Pellegrino dispatch in Rome
Jannik Sinner (No 1) eased past compatriot Andrea Pellegrino (No 155) 6-2, 6-3 to equal Novak Djokovic's all-time record of 31 consecutive Masters 1000 wins. The Italian needed one accelerative gear-change from 3-3 in the second to settle a match the qualifier had spent 80 minutes refusing to lose.
Cirstea reaches first Rome semi-final at 36, downing Ostapenko in her farewell season
Sorana Cirstea (No 26) reached the first Rome semi-final of her career at 36, beating Jeļena Ostapenko (No 22) 6-1, 7-6(0) and her second win over a Grand Slam champion in four days.
Musetti out of Rome, out of top 10, and unsure of Roland-Garros after Ruud defeat
The Norwegian dispatched the home favourite 6-3, 6-1 to reach a fifth Rome quarter-final – and the Italian leaves the top 10 nursing the fourth thigh injury of a brutal 13 months. Ruud said afterwards he had spotted Musetti's struggles on a tape, and made him run accordingly.
Roland-Garros 2026 wild cards: Wawrinka, Monfils and a 17-year-old wave coming up with Efremova and Kouame
Stan Wawrinka and Gaël Monfils get main-draw wild cards. Four 17-year-olds join them. Clara Burel returns from injury. The full Roland-Garros 2026 wild-card lists, in detail.
May 12, 1979: The day Tracy Austin ended Chris Evert’s 125-match clay-court winning streak
On this day in 1979, a pig-tailed 16-year-old named Tracy Austin shocked the most dominant clay-courter in tennis history, ending Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay in Rome
Sinner crushes Popyrin in Rome to make history with 25-0 Masters 1000 start to the season
Gauff saves match point to reach third straight Rome quarter-final
Pellegrino completes Italian fairy tale in Rome with stunning Tiafoe upset
May 11th, 1987: The day tennis came back to the Olympics
“I’m trying to be transparent but also not give the whole world my business”: Coco Gauff admits off-court struggles
“A little door is always open”: Sorana Cirstea, into the Rome second week, hasn’t quite shut the door on staying
“It was like a check”: the rematch Naomi Osaka has been waiting for, and the test Iga Swiatek wants before Paris
“There is no one more selfish than a tennis player”: former Roland-Garros head shrugs off the Grand Slam boycott threat
Who will win Roland-Garros 2026? Men’s predictions and contenders
“It’s Sinner who feels the difference, not me”: Zverev says Alcaraz’s absence changes nothing for the rest of the field before the French Open
May 10, 1996: The day 15-year-old Martina Hingis defeated world No 1 Steffi Graf
Sinner opens Rome with clinical Ofner win as Masters streak stretches to 29
Cirstea stuns Sabalenka in three on Campo Centrale as world No. 1 falls in Rome
Navone and the cramps upset Auger-Aliassime in a double tie-break, Felix third Top 10 out in Rome
Mertens saves three match points to dethrone Paolini and end Italian’s two-year top-10 run