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Elina Svitolina claimed a 3rd Italian Open rubric connected Saturday (May 16, 2026) by beating Coco Gauff, who mislaid successful the last successful Rome for the 2nd consecutive year.
In the men's last connected Sunday (May 17, 2026), location favourite Jannik Sinner volition look Casper Ruud.
Svitolina took astir 3 hours to prevail 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2 and triumph her archetypal WTA 1000 rubric since lifting the rubric successful Rome successful 2018. The Ukrainian besides won successful 2017.
“It's precise hard to judge that it's been 8 years erstwhile I had this trophy present and very, very, precise pleased of people with the 2 weeks here," Svitolina said connected tribunal aft her 20th vocation title.
“I told my manager that it would beryllium bully earlier I decorativeness my vocation to person a circular number. So helium told maine that hopefully we're going to get this this year. So, I'm very, precise happy.” Gauff, who was hoping to go the archetypal American to triumph successful Rome since 2016, mislaid to Jasmine Paolini past twelvemonth but went connected to triumph the French Open.
“It's been a large 2 weeks ... and I decidedly consciousness the momentum going into the French Open," she said. "A batch of lessons learned from this match.” Gauff started brilliantly, breaking Svitolina and holding to love. She besides had the accidental to spell 5-2 up but Svitolina fended disconnected 3 interruption points and won 4 consecutive games to instrumentality the opener.
The third-ranked Gauff struggled connected her service passim the 2nd acceptable but managed to instrumentality it to a tiebreak and level the match.
However, Svitolina dominated the decider and broke Gauff's service doubly to permission her serving for the title. The seventh-ranked Svitolina sealed the effect connected her 3rd lucifer constituent with a volley astatine the net.
Sinner finishes disconnected Medvedev
Sinner bushed Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 erstwhile their rain-delayed semifinal resumed connected Saturday and is 1 triumph distant from becoming lone the 2nd antheral aft Novak Djokovic to triumph each 9 Masters 1000 titles. Djokovic has won each Masters tourney astatine slightest twice.
The top-ranked Sinner led 4-2 successful the 3rd acceptable erstwhile the lucifer was suspended precocious Friday. The Italian finished disconnected the lucifer successful 15 minutes connected Saturday, sealing it connected his 3rd lucifer constituent aft Medvedev fended disconnected 2 connected his serve.
“It was a precise antithetic situation and a pugnacious challenge,” Sinner said. “Usually, during the night, I don't conflict to slumber but this clip it was not easy.
"You are successful the 3rd set, astir done, but you inactive person to amusement up again and you ne'er cognize what is happening. It is similar the commencement of the lucifer arsenic determination are nerves again. I americium precise blessed with however I handled this concern and that I americium backmost successful the final.” Earlier connected Friday (May 15, 2026) connected the reddish clay of the Foro Italico, Ruud routed location subordinate Luciano Darderi 6-1, 6-1.
Sinner is besides attempting to go the archetypal Italian antheral to rise the Rome trophy since Adriano Panatta successful 1976. Panatta volition contiguous the trophy connected Sunday, with Italian President Sergio Mattarella besides slated to be the men's final.
Sinner appeared exhausted
After winning the archetypal acceptable easy connected Friday, Sinner appeared fatigued arsenic Medvedev stepped up his crippled and started moving him astir the tribunal with driblet shots and groundstrokes to the corners.
After respective points Sinner bent implicit successful evident exhaustion and leaned connected his racket for support. Sinner had his close thigh treated by a trainer midway done the 2nd set.
Sinner came backmost from a 3-0 shortage lone to beryllium breached again successful the 12th crippled and concede the acceptable to Medvedev.
A atrocious bounce helped Sinner interruption Medvedev aboriginal successful the 3rd and instrumentality power for good.
Sinner 4-0 against Ruud
Sinner has won each 4 of his vocation meetings with Ruud without dropping a acceptable — including a 6-0, 6-1 rout successful the Rome quarterfinals past year.
“Jannik is chasing history,” Ruud said. “I person to beryllium the feline to effort to halt him, and it volition not beryllium casual playing present successful his location country. ... Last year, helium truly (routed me) present connected the aforesaid court, truthful of people I'm looking for revenge. But astatine the aforesaid clip I recognize that he's an unthinkable subordinate and a unsocial talent.” Sinner mislaid past year's last to Carlos Alcaraz, who is sidelined owed to a close wrist injury. Paolini successful 2025 became the archetypal Italian pistillate to rise the trophy successful 40 years.
Sinner hasn't mislaid since Feb. 19 successful the Qatar Open quarterfinals. He has won 28 consecutive matches and a grounds 5 successive Masters titles. He could go the 2nd antheral to triumph each 3 Masters tournaments connected clay — including Monte Carlo and Madrid — successful the aforesaid play aft Rafael Nadal successful 2010.
After Rome for Sinner is the French Open, the lone Grand Slam lawsuit helium hasn't won. The titleholder, Alcaraz, volition besides miss it.
