For nearly 100 years, the Internazionali BNL d’Italia (AKA the Italian Open) has been making women’s tennis history. From Lili Alvarez winning in three sets in 1930 against her doubles partner Lucia ...
ROME, Italy—Naomi Osaka’s encouraging run at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia ended in the fourth round with a loss to Zheng Qinwen, 6-2, 6-4, on Monday. Playing on one of her least favorite surfaces, ...
No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka clinched a spot in her first Internazionali BNL d'Italia final with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over No.13 seed Danielle Collins just before midnight on Thursday. With her 1-hour and ...
Emma Raducanu defeated Jil Teichmann in straight sets (6-2, 6-2) at the Rome Open. Later, during an interview with Prakash Amritraj for Tennis Channel, she delivered a playful jab at the state of ...
Welcome to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the story behind the stories from the last week on court. This week, the coveted Masters 1000 in Rome ran its first week and the ...
Two weeks ago, Iga Swiatek battled for more than three hours—and fought off three match points—to survive Aryna Sabalenka in a nail-biter in the final of Madrid, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7). Today, in the final ...
ROME — Zheng Qinwen earned her first victory over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday to set up an Italian Open semifinal match against Coco Gauff. The 22-year-old Zheng, the Olympic ...
Rome witnessed an extraordinary sporting atmosphere as tens of thousands of fans flooded the iconic Foro Italico ahead of Jannik Sinner’s much anticipated return to the Italian Open. After a lengthy ...