A fascinating day in the Italian capital as the second round in the bottom half of the Rome Masters men’s draw, saw a large number of the sports marquee players just squeeze through to play another day. The decision, as you can imagine, is not clear in my mind today, Rafa Nadal Rafa Nadal and…
Saturday at the Foro Italico in Rome Iga Swiatek had to dig herself out of a second set hole to survive Yulia Putintseva and book herself a place in the 4th-round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, while Coco Gauff found herself bagelled in the middle set before seeing off Jaqueline Cristian, and Zheng Qinwen had…
Sabalenka, Sakkari, Ostapenko and Collins into Rome Round of 16 The lower half of the draw at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome saw Aryna Sabalenka, Maria Sakkari, Jelena Ostapenko and Danielle Collins secure spots in the Round of 16 with straight-sets victories. Sabalenka Shares Maturity After Health Struggles Reflecting on her previous seasons, Sabalenka…
Novak Djokovic, the six-time champion of Rome, will have to wait another year to try and improve on that tally at the Rome Masters following his dramatic straight sets, third-round loss on Sunday to Alejandro Tabilo. Today under high stress it was quite bad, not in terms of pain but just in terms of dis-balance….
The shock of the day was the seemingly passive 73-minute, elimination of the Rome Masters defending champion. I played some really good tennis. I played pretty aggressive, that was the game plan coming in Tommy Paul This season Daniil Medvedev has reached two finals but failed to win the title on both occasions. And while…
World No 1 Iga Swiatek once again triumphed against Madison Keys to advance to the semi-finals of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, where she will face Coco Gauff in a highly-anticipated matchup. Swiatek’s dominant performance extended her winning streak to 10 matches. Swiatek showcased exceptional focus and skill throughout the quarter-final match, defeating Keys decisively with…
Aryna Sabalenka and Danielle Collins are through to the semi-finals at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome after impressive victories in the quarter-finals on Wednesday. Sabalenka, who has been battling a lower back injury, showed no signs of discomfort as she defeated Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets, winning 6-2 6-4. The Belarusian was pleased to…
The first semi-final at this year’s Rome Masters is set with Alexander Zverev taking on Alejandro Tabilo following their respective straight set wins in their quarter final clashes. I still have a little bit of pain, so once the adrenaline settles, I’m going to check out tomorrow what it is. But definitely happy with the…
Two Chileans could be appearing in the final of the Rome Masters following the conclusion of the quarter finals on Thursday, when Nicolas Jarry stunned the favourite Stefanos Tsitsipas, the Monte Carlo champion and Barcelona finalist, to join his compatriot Alejandro Tabilo in the last four. Tabilo had secured his semi-final place 24-hours earlier. I…
For the second time in 2 weeks Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka will combat a WTA 1000 title at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome on Saturday, after both posted straight set wins over Coco Gauff and Danielle Collins respectively on Thursday. Honestly, I don’t think it makes sense to think about these two matches…
