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Jannik Sinner, Rome 2026

“All the cards on the table”: Sinner confirms Madrid was a question mark in his Roland-Garros plan

Jannik Sinner has confirmed that Madrid was not a sure thing on his original clay calendar. The decision to play was made in-season, with Roland-Garros in mind.

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Cédric Rouquette
Jannik Sinner, Roma 2026

Sinner crushes Popyrin in Rome to make history with 25-0 Masters 1000 start to the season

Jannik Sinner (No 1) brushed past Alexei Popyrin 6-2, 6-0 in 65 minutes. The Italian's Masters 1000 winning streak hits 30 – level with Djokovic for second on the all-time list, one off the Serbian's own record.

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Cédric Rouquette
Coco Gauff, Rome 2026

Gauff saves match point to reach third straight Rome quarter-final

Coco Gauff (No 3) recovered to win 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 against Iva Jovic in Rome. The 17-year-old American had no second serve to lean on – 10 double faults, 33% of points won – and Gauff just had to last her out. Third consecutive Rome quarter-final at 21.

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Cédric Rouquette
Andrea Pellegrino, Rome 2026

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.

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On this day Olympics 11_5

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.

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Sorana Cirstea, Rome 2026
May 11, 2026

“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...
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Cédric Rouquette
Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka, Roland-Garros 2024
May 10, 2026

“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...
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Cédric Rouquette
Guy Forget, Roland-Garros 2019
May 10, 2026

“There is no one more selfish than a tennis player”: former Roland-Garros head shrugs off the Grand Slam boycott threat

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Cédric Rouquette
Roland-Garros 2026, men's favourites
May 10, 2026

Who will win Roland-Garros 2026? Men’s predictions and contenders

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Tennis Majors
Alexander Zverev, Rome 2026
May 10, 2026

“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

"Jannik is really, really the heavy favourite. Carlos on clay, when he's healthy,...
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Cédric Rouquette
Martina Hingis and Steffi Graf, On this day
May 10, 2026

May 10, 1996: The day 15-year-old Martina Hingis defeated world No 1 Steffi Graf

Every day, Tennis Majors looks back at the biggest moments in tennis history....
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Alexandre Sokolowski
Jannik Sinner, Rome 2026
May 9, 2026

Sinner opens Rome with clinical Ofner win as Masters streak stretches to 29

While Aryna Sabalenka, Jasmine Paolini, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Ben Shelton all fell out...
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Cédric Rouquette
Aryna Sabalenka, Rome 2026
May 9, 2026

Cirstea stuns Sabalenka in three on Campo Centrale as world No. 1 falls in Rome

Sorana Cirstea was 6-2, 2-0 down and 36 years old in the final...
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Cédric Rouquette
Félix Auger-Aliassime, Rome 2026
May 9, 2026

Navone and the cramps upset Auger-Aliassime in a double tie-break, Felix third Top 10 out in Rome

Mariano Navone (No 44) stunned Félix Auger-Aliassime (No 4) 7-6(4), 7-6(5) at the...
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Cédric Rouquette
Jasmine Paolini, Rome 2026
May 9, 2026

Mertens saves three match points to dethrone Paolini and end Italian’s two-year top-10 run

Jasmine Paolini stood three points from the round of 16 in Rome and...
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Cédric Rouquette
Jim Courier - On this day 9/5
May 9, 2026

May 9 2000: The day Jim Courier announced his retirement from professional tennis

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
Dino Prizmic, Rome 2026
May 9, 2026

“I felt his level dropped”: Dino Prizmic, 20, on reading the moment against his idol Novak Djokovic

Dino Prizmic beat Novak Djokovic 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 on his Foro Italico debut...
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Cédric Rouquette