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Sinner breaks Djokovic’s record with 32nd straight Masters 1000 win against Rublev in Rome
top seed Jannik Sinner defeated Russian No. 12 seed Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-4 in 90 minutes in the quarter-finals to set the all-time record of 32 consecutive ATP Masters 1000 wins, overtaking Novak Djokovic's 2011 mark of 31.
“In a way it freed me up”: Sorana Cirstea on the late-career breakthrough she didn’t expect
Sorana Cirstea announced this would be her last year on tour. It is shaping up as one of her best. The 36-year-old explains, with unusual clarity, why deciding to leave unlocked the tennis.
Andrey Rublev says he “completely lost” himself – and that the worst is now behind him, thanks to Marat Safin
The world No. 14 Andrey Rublev has given his most personal account yet of the period when he "completely lost" himself in 2025 – and credits Marat Safin with bringing him back.
Darderi outlasts Jódar after smoke, rain and a 2 a.m. finish to reach first Masters 1000 semi-final
Luciano Darderi (No 18) became the eighth Italian in the Open Era to reach a Rome semi-final, outlasting Spanish teenager Rafael Jódar (No 32) 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-0. Darderi meets Casper Ruud in the semi-final.
Svitolina turns it around against Rybakina to reach first Rome semi-final since 2018, Swiatek next
Elina Svitolina (No 7) turned the Foro Italico quarter-final around against Elena Rybakina (No 2), winning 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. She now meets three-time Rome champion Iga Świątek for a place in the final.
“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
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
Musetti out of Rome, out of top 10, and unsure of Roland-Garros after Ruud defeat
Roland-Garros 2026 wild cards: Wawrinka, Monfils and a 17-year-old wave coming up with Efremova and Kouame
May 12, 1979: The day Tracy Austin ended Chris Evert’s 125-match clay-court winning streak