No. 3 seed Coco Gauff overcame nine double faults and handled Poland's Magdalena Frech 6-3, 6-3 in the second round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Thursday in Rome.
Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka all make it through comfortably to the last 32 of the Italian Open in Rome.
Danielle Collins will not play on the WTA Tour beyond 2024, but some people have yet to accept her retirement decision. In January, Collins announced that this would be the final season of her professional career shortly after losing to Iga Swiatek in the second round of the Australian Open.
Former champion Iga Swiatek started her Italian Open campaign with a tremendous performance against Bernarda Pera. Swiatek played her best tennis last week in Rome, going all the way and beating Aryna Sabalenka in the final.
A furious Sofia Kenin was in no mood to give the crowd what they wanted in her chaotic first-round match at the Italian Open. Kenin had been in dismal form in singles competition since the start of 2024, winning just one WTA Tour-level match from January to the start of May and losing nine matches in a row in between.
Roger Federer has been enjoying his retirement life mostly on vacations and attending glamorous events. With no more circuit drilling, the Swiss legend has teamed up with fashion label JW ANDERSON.
In March, Andrey Rublev was disqualified after yelling at a line judge. Then he hit a 49-day slump without a win. But after much soul-seeking, he changed his mindset -- and won the Madrid Open.
2017 champion Alexander Zverev is seeded third at this year’s Italian Open. His first opponent will be Aleksandar Vukic, who defeated qualifier Diego Schwartzman in the opening round.
Rafael Nadal trailed by a set against qualifier Zizou Bergs but rallied to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in his opening-round match at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Thursday in Rome.
Italy’s Fabio Fognini was asked to rank the players who have retired in the last 15 years and, as expected, he chose Roger Federer for the first spot.
Naomi Osaka had never beaten a Top 20-ranked player on clay before, and she earned the win against Marta Kostyuk at the 2024 Italian Open. The Japanese player hasn't played much on clay throughout her career.
Stefanos Tsitsipas' Top 10 exit almost two months ago hit him so hard that he compared it to being demoted from a job. In mid-February, Tsitspas' slump cost him dearly, as he left the world's Top 10 for the first time since joining that group in 2019.
Britain’s Katie Boulter drew inspiration from 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal ahead of her first-round match at the Italian Open against Rebecca Sramkova on May 10th.
Wimbledon girls finalist Nikola Bartunkova was provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for doping on Thursday.
Naomi Osaka is pleased with how her season is progressing so far, but she reiterates that there is a lot more to come after her opening-round win at the Italian Open.
Camila Giorgi hasn't made any public proclamations, but she is listed as retired on the International Tennis Integrity Agency's website. The website lists May 7 as Giorgi's retirement date.
Portugal's Nuno Borges saved two match points while winning a marathon tiebreaker, emerging with a 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (8) victory over Spain's Pedro Martinez on Wednesday in the first round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome.
Day 3 at the WTA 1000 event in Rome will feature several exciting matches, with Round 2 of the top half of the draw being played. Among the star studded lineup is Coco Gauff, who will be making her tournament debut this Thursday, looking to get into top form ahead of Roland Garros.
Naomi Osaka made her return to Rome a winning one by sailing to a 7-6 (2), 6-1 victory over Clara Burel in Wednesday's first-round match at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia.
Seventh-seeded Andrey Rublev captured his second ATP title of the year and 16th of his career by outlasting Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 on Sunday in the championship match of the Mutua Madrid Open.
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