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For about an hour, Alexander Zverev had no answer to the rocket-like forehands and perfectly placed drop shots that Alejandro Tabilo kept producing.
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Novak Djokovic is a surprise entry for the Geneva Open, the last men’s warmup for the French Open. Andy Murray also has a wild card.
Tommy Paul has produced the biggest clay-court result of his career at the Italian Open. And he’s still going.
Danielle Collins keeps on winning even with retirement looming. She’s in the Italian Open semifinals
Danielle Collins has been nearly unbeatable lately. Even with her announced retirement looming.
Aryna Sabalenka showed no ill-effects from her previous marathon match as she eased past Jelena Ostapenko to reach the semifinals of the Italian Open.
The opener lasted just 28 minutes as Danill Medvedev’s serve was broken three times by Tommy Paul, who then served out the set to love.
They were among the eight men’s and eight women’s wild cards given by the French Tennis Federation for the clay-court Grand Slam tournament starting May 26.
It was the same result and score Iga Swiatek achieved against Madison Keys in the Madrid semifinals.
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It was a ninth straight win for Iga Swiatek, and the two-time Rome champion will next face Madison Keys
Djokovic put on one of his worst displays at one of his favorite tournaments as he was upset by 29th-seeded Alejandro Tabilo in the third round of the Italian Open.
Ninth-ranked Hubert Hurkacz overwhelmed the 22-time Grand Slam champion on Saturday in the third round of the Italian Open.
Naomi Osaka couldn’t be happier with her progress at the Italian Open, where she beat 20th-ranked Marta Kostyuk to follow up another straight-set win a day earlier.
Dominic Thiem, the 2020 U.S. Open champion, announced he will retire from tennis later this year.
Rafael Nadal rallied for a victory before an adoring crowd in what will likely be his final tournament at the Foro Italico.
It was Naomi Osaka’s first victory over a top-50 player on clay since defeating Victoria Azarenka at the 2019 French Open.
The 37-year-old, who has indicated that this will be his final year on tour, has played only nine matches this year after missing nearly all of 2023 due to a hip injury that required surgery.
Tournament organizers announced that they had given the 36-year-old a wild-card entry for the clay-court event that starts May 18.
Paula Badosa was ranked as high as No. 2 before she missed the second half of last year due to a back injury that has also slowed her this season. She’s now No. 126.