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“Just couldn’t dream about a better year”: Svitolina’s post-maternity comeback reaches a Rome final
Cédric Rouquette
May 15, 2026
Svitolina outlasts Swiatek to reach first Rome final in eight years, beating Nos. 2 and 3 in 24 hours
Cédric Rouquette
May 15, 2026
Gauff reaches back-to-back Rome finals with straight-sets win over Cirstea
Coco Gauff (No 4) reached a second straight Rome final with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Sorana Cirstea (No 26), ending a run of three consecutive three-set wins in the Italian capital. It is the American's seventh WTA 1000 final at 22 – and her second of 2026 after Miami.
Cédric Rouquette
May 14, 2026
May 14, 2008: The day world No 1 Justine Henin suddenly quit professional tennis
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 14, 2008, Justine Henin, then the world No 1, shocked the tennis world with the sudden announcement that she was to retire
Alexandre Sokolowski
May 14, 2026
“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.
Cédric Rouquette
May 14, 2026
2 days ago
“More like a clay-court player”: Swiatek is rediscovering the version of her game that won three Roland-Garros titles
Iga Swiatek is into the Rome semi-finals, hasn't faced a break point in...
Cédric Rouquette
2 days ago
Swiatek’s level surges before Roland-Garros as Pegula falls in straight sets
Iga Świątek (No 4) dismantled Jessica Pegula (No 7) 6-1, 6-2 in Rome...
Tennis Majors
3 days ago
Rome: Gauff survives Andreeva marathon
Coco Gauff (No 3) reached a third straight Rome semi-final the hard way,...
Tennis Majors
4 days ago
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...
Alexandre Sokolowski
4 days ago
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...
Cédric Rouquette
4 days ago
“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...
Cédric Rouquette
5 days ago
“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...
Cédric Rouquette
5 days ago
“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...
Cédric Rouquette
5 days ago
Rybakina marches past Eala as Rome’s favourites rule this part of the women’s draw
Second seed Elena Rybakina beat unseeded Alex Eala 6-4, 6-3 at the Internazionali...
Cédric Rouquette
6 days ago
Sabalenka cites lower-back and hip issue after Rome exit, plans “days off” before Roland-Garros
Cédric Rouquette
6 days ago
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...
Cédric Rouquette
6 days ago
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...
Cédric Rouquette
6 days ago
Gauff drops first set, then loses just one service game to reach Rome last 16
Coco Gauff hit herself on the head with her racket after losing the...
Cédric Rouquette
1 week ago
“The most natural shot I have”: Lilli Tagger explains the one-handed backhand, after a Rome loss to Sakkari
Austrian teenager Lilli Tagger spoke after her Rome second-round defeat to Maria Sakkari...
Cédric Rouquette
1 week ago
“More natural, more solid, kind of disciplined”: Iga Swiatek’s early verdict on working with Francisco Roig
In her pre-tournament press conference in Rome, Iga Swiatek gave her first substantive...
Cédric Rouquette