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Pellegrino completes Italian fairy tale in Rome with stunning Tiafoe upset
Andrea Pellegrino (No 155) walked into his first ATP Masters 1000 main draw a week ago and walked out of his Rome third round bound for the round of 16. The Italian qualifier saved two set points in the tie-break before edging Frances Tiafoe (No 17) 7-6(8), 6-1 – and possibly into the path of Jannik Sinner.
May 11th, 1987: The day tennis came back to the Olympics
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 11th, 1987, the IOC voted to reintroduce tennis at the 1988 Olympics.
“I’m trying to be transparent but also not give the whole world my business”: Coco Gauff admits off-court struggles
Coco Gauff used her third round Rome press conference to acknowledge months of off-court struggles – without specifying what they are. She plays Iva Jovic in the round of 16 today.
“A little door is always open”: Sorana Cirstea, into the Rome second week, hasn’t quite shut the door on staying
Sorana Cirstea was going to retire at the end of 2026. Then, at 36, she beat the world No. 1 and reached the second week of the Italian Open. The door, she now says, is slightly open.
“It was like a check”: the rematch Naomi Osaka has been waiting for, and the test Iga Swiatek wants before Paris
Two years after their Roland-Garros first-round thriller, Naomi Osaka and Iga Swiatek meet again in Rome – for very different reasons.
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
May 9 2000: The day Jim Courier announced his retirement from professional tennis
“I felt his level dropped”: Dino Prizmic, 20, on reading the moment against his idol Novak Djokovic
“A new reality I have to deal with”: Novak Djokovic’s quiet admission after Rome exit
Prizmic ends Djokovic’s perfect Rome opener as Croatian qualifier lands second top-10 win
“We haven’t spoken about boycotting”: Alexander Zverev cools the rhetoric, but sharpens the numbers