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Jannik Sinner reached the semifinals of the Italian Open connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) aft seeing disconnected Andrey Rublev and establishing a caller grounds of consecutive wins successful Masters 1000 tournaments.
Another straight-sets victory, this clip 6-2, 6-4 implicit Rublev, moved Sinner up to 32 consecutive wins successful the ATP’s top-ranked events, 1 much than the erstwhile grounds established by Novak Djokovic successful 2011.
“I don’t play for records; I play conscionable for my ain story,” said Sinner connected court.
“At the aforesaid time, it means a batch to me, but time is different day, different opponent, a antithetic opponent.”
Rublev was Sinner’s archetypal seeded hostile astatine this year’s tourney successful Rome and the World No. 1 made abbreviated enactment of his task successful beforehand of a delighted centre court.
On Friday (May 15, 2026), Sinner could look Daniil Medvedev, victor of the 2023 rubric astatine the Foro Italico, with the seventh effect taking connected fortunate loser Martin Landaluce.
Sinner looks adjacent unbeatable astatine the infinitesimal and with his large rival Carlos Alcaraz retired injured, helium is the dense favourite to go the archetypal Italian to triumph the Rome rubric successful 5 decades, with a imaginable vocation Grand Slam connected the cards astatine the French Open.
Rublev offered small resistance, the Russian dropping his ain service successful the archetypal crippled of some sets to springiness Sinner a useful limb up and committing 28 unforced errors successful 18 games.
Sinner, meanwhile, showed flashes of his champion tennis but besides started to look bushed towards the extremity of the match, visibly touching his near thigh earlier confidently serving for the match.
“However it goes it volition beryllium a triumph for me; if I triumph large but adjacent if things don’t spell well, that’s good due to the fact that I’ll person a fewer much days to hole for Paris, which is my main nonsubjective this year.”
Gauff successful final
Coco Gauff followed Sinner by reaching the Rome last for the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth aft beating seasoned Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-3. The American prima has struggled connected clay this season, with a last-16 exit successful the Madrid Open coming aft a disappointing tally to the quarterfinals successful Stuttgart.
But she dealt with Romanian Cirstea — who is acceptable to discontinue astatine the extremity of the twelvemonth — professionally arsenic Spring sunshine burst retired connected centre court, helped by a marked betterment successful her often erratic work game.
