Exclusive with Casper Ruud: “Clay court tennis is kind of what I live for”

Casper Ruud claimed the biggest title of his career in Madrid 10 days ago. In an interview with Tennis Majors in Rome, the Norwegian opens up about the trajectory of his career

Rome Masters: Musetti sweeps past Nakashima to reach last 16

Lorenzo Musetti defeated Brandon Nakashima 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday. He’ll play Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 10 seed, in the next round

Rome Masters: Medvedev dominates Popyrin and reaches last 16

Daniil Medvedev won against Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 6-1 on Sunday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 8 seed, and American Brandon Nakashima, the No 28 seed, in the next round

Rome Masters: Dellien makes third round

Hugo Dellien edged out Thiago Seyboth Wild 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday and will face the winner of the match between Italian wildcard Luca Nardi and Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 7 seed, in the next round

Rome Masters: Korda advances to third round

Sebastian Korda defeated Aleksandar Vukic 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday and will play the winner of the match between American Ben Shelton, the No 12 seed, and Spaniard Jaume Munar in the next round

Kostyuk beats Kasatkina in Rome, pair shake hands

Marta Kostyuk beat Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 6-2 on Friday afternoon and will play the winner of the match between Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 24 seed, and Croat qualifier Antonia Ruzic in the next round

Raducanu reaches third round in Rome for first time after late opponent switch

Emma Raducanu defeated Jil Teichmann 6-2, 6-2 on Friday and will play Russian Veronika Kudermetova in the next round

Rome Masters: Medvedev advances to third round

Daniil Medvedev beat Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-2 on Friday and will play Australian Alexei Popyrin, the No 24 seed, in the next round

Rome Masters: Popyrin through to third round

Alexei Popyrin won against Carlos Taberner 6-1, 7-6 (4) on Friday and will face the winner of the match between lucky loser Cameron Norrie and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 10 seed, in the next round

Rome Masters: Nakashima reaches third round

Brandon Nakashima benefited from the forfeit of Jordan Thompson on Friday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 8 seed, and Finnish qualifier Otto Virtanen in the next round

Shnaider makes history with double-bagel over Dolehide in Rome

The Russian is the first woman ever to record a 6-0, 6-0 win in consecutive WTA 1000 events

Alert – Madrid Masters: Musetti books spot in last four

Lorenzo Musetti beat Gabriel Diallo 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday evening. He’ll play No 5 seed Jack Draper in the next round

Madrid Masters: Lucky loser Diallo stuns Dimitrov to reach quarter-finals

Gabriel Diallo edged out Grigor Dimitrov 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-4. He’ll play either Alex De Minaur or Lorenzo Musetti, the No 10 seed, in the next round

Madrid Masters: Ruud too good for Fritz, moves into last eight

Casper Ruud beat Taylor Fritz 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday evening and will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 9 seed, in the next round

Madrid Masters: Musetti edges Tsitsipas to move into last 16

Lorenzo Musetti won against Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5, 7-6 (3) on Tuesday. He’ll play Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 6 seed, in the next round

Madrid Masters: Mensik makes quarter-finals

Jakub Mensik won against Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the top seed, and Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 20 seed, in the next round

Madrid Masters: De Minaur reaches last 16

Alex De Minaur defeated Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Tuesday and will face the winner of the match between Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 17 seed, and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 10 seed, in the next round

Madrid Masters: Clinical Mensik outplays Shelton to power into last 16

Jakub Mensik beat Ben Shelton 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday evening and will play Kazakh Alexander Bublik in the next round

Madrid Masters: Fritz makes last 16 as Bonzi retires injured

Taylor Fritz benefited from the abandonment of Benjamin Bonzi (4-6, 7-5) and will play either Sebastian Korda or Casper Ruud next

Rublev to fall out of top 10 for first time since 2022 after Bublik defeat in Madrid

Alexander Bublik edged out Andrey Rublev 6-4, 0-6, 6-4 on Sunday and will play the winner of the match between American Ben Shelton, the No 12 seed, and No 22 seed Jakub Mensik in the next round

Madrid Masters: Khachanov wins serve-dominated contest against Opelka, into third round

Karen Khachanov defeated Reilly Opelka 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4). He’ll face either Joao Fonseca or American Tommy Paul, the No 11 seed, in the next round