Paolini - a winner in Dubai in 2024 - is the first Italian to reach multiple WTA-1000 finals, and the third-oldest player to advance to the Rome showpiece after Helga Masthoff (1971) and Li Na (2012).

At 30/0 in the following game, Gauff hit a first serve. But there was one problem - Zheng wasn't at the baseline. The crowd ...

Sunday's final will mark the first meeting between Sinner and Alcaraz since October, when Alcaraz won the China Open final in a third-set tiebreaker. Alcaraz holds a 6-4 edge in their career meetings ...

A win for Sinner against his rival would see the men’s Rome title go to an Italian for the first time since 1976. Read more ...

Coco Gauff has reached back-to-back finals on the clay swing. After being denied the Madrid Open by Aryna Sabalenka about The ...