Italian Open: Hunter-Mertens defeat Gauff-Pegula to win doubles title
No.4 seeds Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens captured their first team title at the Italian Open by defeating top seeds Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6-4 in the final, here.
No.4 seeds Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens captured their first team title at the Italian Open by defeating top seeds Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6-4 in the final, here.
Carlos Alcaraz's early exit from the Italian Open with loss against Fabian Marozsan has repercussions beyond the Rome ATP Masters 1000 event and it also could have a big effect on the battle for No. 1 in the ATP Rankings.
The top seed advanced to the next round after a win over Tomas Martin Etcheverry by 7-6(5), 6-2 at the ATP Masters 1000 event. This win was a hard-earned one for Djokovic, who committed 21 unforced errors and appeared physically unwell during a rough first set.
David Goffin needed all of his experience to outlast Italy's Luca Nardi on Thursday at the Italian Open, where the Belgian escaped a precarious position to book his spot in the second round at the clay-court ATP Masters 1000, here.
The Serbian became the fifth man in the Open Era to earn 1,000 match wins when he defeated Casper Ruud in the semi-finals and he backed that up with a hard-fought display against Tsitsipas to win his first title of the season after one hour and 37 minutes.
In Madrid, the Spanish teenager defeated Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic back-to-back before thrashing Alexander Zverev in the final on Sunday for his fourth title of the year.
The draw, which was released late on Friday, had world No.1 Iga Swiatek headlining the field. Swiatek could face 16th seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the tournament's Round of 16, while 10th seed Emma Raducanu of the United Kingdom could face fifth seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia.
The best of players from all across the globe come to take part in the Italian Open played at the outdoor clay courts of Foro Italico. However, the report said that Italian authorities "are reportedly weighing up whether a ban should be imposed on Russian players" at the tournament.
Serena Williams had taken a medical time out during her US Open semi-final against Azarenka on Thursday for treatment on her achilles.
The Spaniard grabbed his first title of the season, avenging his loss to the top-ranked Serb at the Australian Open.
