#NextGenATP Italian stars Lorenzo Musetti and Jannik Sinner have captured the tennis world’s attention over the past couple of years, and on Monday they will take centre stage at home in Rome for their first-round clashes at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia.
Alexander Zverev continued his impressive form going into the French Open by winning his second Madrid Open title on Sunday.
Men’s tennis has to go back a very long time to find the last occasion that four consecutive Masters titles were won by someone other than Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer. To 2003, in fact.
Naomi Osaka is conflicted over whether the Tokyo Olympics should be held amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is heading to the second round of the Italian Open after a 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4 win over Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic on Sunday.
Aryna Sabalenka defeated top-ranked Ash Barty 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 for her 10th WTA title at the Madrid Open — and first on clay.
Ash Barty, whose time at No1 is guaranteed to extend beyond its current 74 weeks when the tennis tour moves from the Madrid 1000 to the Rome 1000 on Monday, has certainly justified her place at the top of her sport.
Third seed Dominic Thiem bowed out to Alexander Zverev in the Mutua Madrid Open semi-finals, but the Austrian is still taking his week in the Spanish capital as a win.
Alexander Zverev followed his triumph over Rafael Nadal with a win over Dominic Thiem to reach another Madrid Open final on Saturday.
