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21 May 2023

Watch: Rybakina Clinches Italian Open Title As Kalinina Retires In Tears

Rybakina is likely to jump to World No.4 spot after which will mar her Top 5 debut in the WTA Tour singles rankings. She felt proud and satisfied her Italian Open win.

17 May 2023

'I'm Not Going To Allow...', Djokovic Not Pleased With Norrie's Behaviour

Despite all the drama, Djokovic has his eyes on a bigger prize as he progressed to the Italian Open quarterfinals for the 17th year in a row with a 6-3 6-4 win over the British No. 1 as he chases his seventh title in Rome

13 May 2022

Rafael Nadal faces defeat against Shapovalov, knocked out of Italian Open 2022

Nadal faced 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 defeat against Shapovalov. Novak Djokovic won against Stan Wawrinka.

16 May 2021

Clash of the Titans: Djokovic and Nadal to lock horn in Italian Open Final

Nadal holds the edge with three wins to Djokovic's two in previous finals. The Spaniard is bidding for a 10th Italian Open title and his opponent a sixth.

29 Sep 2020

French Open: Record-chasing Rafael Nadal storms into second round

Nadal, looking to equal Roger Federer`s record of 20 Grand Slam men`s singles titles, is used to slow starts at Roland Garros and this year`s debut was no different. On the revamped court Philippe Chatrier, Nadal converted all of his five break points to set up a meeting with American Mackenzie McDonald. Nadal arrived in Paris with no title on clay under his belt after being beaten by Argentine Diego Schwartzmann in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open.

21 Sep 2020

Simona Halep claims Rome title after Karolina Pliskova retires with injury

Halep claimed the Italian Open in Rome on Monday after second seed Karolina Pliskova retired from the final with injury when she was down 6-0, 2-1. Victory gave Halep her first title in Rome and her third consecutive title of the year after wins in Dubai -- before the COVID-19 hiatus -- and Prague last month. Halep will head to Roland Garros as one of the firm favourites with world number one Ash Barty and U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka both skipping the tournament this year.

21 Sep 2020

Novak Djokovic to clash with Diego Schwartzman in Italian Open final

Novak Djokovic defeated Casper Ruud in blustery conditions 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday to reach the Italian Open final. He will face Diego Schwartzman in Monday`s final after the Argentine held his nerve to beat Canadian youngster Denis Shapovalov 6-4 5-7 7-6 (4) in a dramatic second semi-final. The Serbian World No. 1, Djokovic, remains on course to win his 36th ATP Masters 1000 crown and overtake Rafael Nadal on the all-time list.

20 Sep 2020

Rafael Nadal not interested in excuses after Italian Open exit

Rafael Nadal refused to make excuses for his shock defeat by Diego Schwartzman in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open. Nine-time Rome champion Nadal looked well off the pace in his 6-2, 7-5 loss to 15th-ranked Argentine Diego Schwartzman . Nadal, who skipped the U.S. Open in New York due to COVID-19 concerns, said he would regroup before heading to Paris, where he will bid for a record-extending 13th title.

17 Sep 2020

Rafael Nadal makes fast start in Rome in first match in 200 days

Rafael Nadal beat fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-1, 6-1 in the Italian Open in Rome on Wednesday. Nadal, who received a bye into the second round, has not played a tournament since winning his 85th singles title in Acapulco. The 19-time Grand Slam champion had earlier skipped the Western & Southern Open and the U.S. Open in New York due to COVID-19 concerns.

14 Sep 2020

'A big lesson': Novak Djokovic ready to move on from U.S. Open default

Djokovic was disqualified in the fourth round of US Open when he hit a ball in frustration in the first set against Pablo Carreno Busta, hitting the line judge in her throat and causing her to fall to the floor. Having won 26 of 27 matches on tour this season, Djokovic remains one of the favourites to win the French Open, which begins on September 27. The disqualification, however, gave the Serbian more time to regroup before his claycourt opener at this week`s Italian Open.

Serena Williams

13 Sep 2020

Serena Williams pulls out of Italian Open with achilles injury

Serena Williams slumped to a 6-1, 3-6, 3-6 defeat at the hands of Victoria Azarenka in the semi-final of the US Open to crash out of the tournament. With the withdrawal, the American has now joined two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova and 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu. Earlier, top-ranked Australian player Ashleigh Barty had also revealed that she would miss the upcoming tournament in Rome.

18 Aug 2020

Tennis: Italian Open to start from September 14, health rules set

Organisers announced that the tournament will take place from September 14, with strict COVID-19 protocols in place The Italian Open, which is held on clay courts, is a key tune-up event before the clay-court French Open It normally takes place during the second week in May, but the pandemic required the professional tennis calendar to be reshuffled Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova are the defending champions.

14 Aug 2020

Italian Open tennis tournament to begin from September 14

This year's Italian Open was earlier scheduled to start at Foro Italico on May 11 The Italian Open 2020 was called off earlier this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic The Madrid Open is now slated to take place after the US Open from August 31 to September 13

25 May 2019

German star Alexander Zverev battles into Geneva Open final

Zverev, whose form on clay has been patchy so far this season, takes on Chilean Nicolas Jarry on Saturday in his first ATP title clash.

24 May 2019

Nick Kyrgios throwing chairs okay, as long he cares: Mats Wilander

Australian Kyrgios`s one-man circus act will be missing from Roland Garros for the second year running, sparing umpires, fans and even courtside chairs from the 24-year-old`s outbursts.

20 May 2019

Holder Simona Halep shrugs off expectations ahead of French Open

The 27-year-old Romanian enters Roland Garros as favourite for the title given the contrasting form of some of the top names, including Japan`s world number one Naomi Osaka.

18 May 2019

Nadal avenges loss to Tsitsipas to reach Italian Open final

Nadal will now face the winner of other semi-final clash between world number one Novak Djokovic and Argentina star Diego Schwartzman on Saturday.

18 May 2019

Italian Open: Novak Djokovic faces Diego Schwartzman for final spot

Heading into the clash, Djokovic leads the Head-to-Head rivalry against Schwartzman by 2-0, but the duo have not met each other in past two years.

18 May 2019

Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas set to meet again in Rome Masters semis

The second-seed is set to meet Tsitsipas yet again after going down against the Greek 4-6, 6-2, 3-6 in the semi-final of the Madrid Open last week.

17 May 2019

Australian Nick Kyrgios expelled as big three reach Italian Open quarters

Nick Kyrgios made an unsavoury exit from the tournament.

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