Tennis: Rafael Nadal gets revenge for Madrid, beats Alexander Zverev to advance to Rome semi-finals

Nadal plays American Reilly Opelka for a place in the final for an 11th time as he warms up for the French Open starting on May 30.

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· 3 hours ago

Watch: Rafael Nadal saves match points to overcome Denis Shapovalov in epic Rome fightback

Nine-time champion Nadal had to save two match points against Shapovalov in a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) battle over nearly 3 hours and 30 minutes.

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· 11 hours ago

Italian Open: Gauff beats Madrid champ Sabalenka, to meet top seed Barty in quarters

Coco Gauff, ranked 35, reached her fourth quarter-final of the year with a straight sets victory against Aryna Sabalenka.

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· Yesterday · 05:58 pm

Italian Open: Nadal beats Shapovalov in three-set epic, Thiem knocked out by Sonego

Rafael Nadal was trailing a set and 0-3 down in the second set and had to save match points before powering back against Denis Shapovalov.

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· Yesterday · 04:01 pm

Italian Open: Serena Williams’ 1000th WTA match ends in defeat; Naomi Osaka, Simona Halep bow out

The American lost 7-6 (8/6), 7-5 on her return after nearly three months away to Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska.

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· Yesterday · 11:32 am

Italian Open: Nadal sees off Sinner to reach third round, Medvedev stunned by Karatsev

The 20-time Grand Slam winner won through 7-5, 6-4 in two-hours 10-minutes to bring his record to 16-1 in his opening matches in the Foro Italico.

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· Yesterday · 10:10 am

Serena Williams, playing her 1000th career match, loses in round two of Italian Open

Williams, a four-time Rome winner and 23-time Grand Slam champion, had not played since her semi-final defeat in the Australian Open this year.

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· May 12, 2021 · 09:26 pm

Italian Open: Djokovic overcomes ‘strange’ three-hour rain delay, Podoroska sets up Serena clash

Felix Auger-Aliassime beat last year’s runner up Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-3 and Madison Keys won the all-American battle with Sloane Stephens 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

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· May 12, 2021 · 09:48 am

Tennis: After Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal shares concerns about Tokyo Olympics

The 20-time Grand Slam champion said he has not yet decided whether he will participate in the Tokyo Olympics.

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· May 11, 2021 · 09:40 pm

NextGen players’ results show change of guard in men’s tennis is in the offing, says Novak Djokovic

Two of this year’s three Masters champions, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Hubert Hurkacz, have been first-time winners.

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· May 11, 2021 · 01:27 pm

Italian Open: Sinner sets up second-round clash against Nadal, Swiatek, Kvitova progress

The Italian teenager will face the 20-time Grand Slam winner for the second time, having impressed against Nadal in last year’s French Open quarter-finals.

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· May 11, 2021 · 12:34 pm

Tennis: After three months away, Serena Williams is all set to return

The 39-year-old American, still ranked eighth in the world, has been absent from the courts since her semi-final defeat at the Australian Open.

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· May 10, 2021 · 06:41 pm