17:00 CET – The drama isn’t over in Rome today. We have two late games to enjoy, with the last of the men’s quarter-finals and the second women’s semi-final still to come. You can follow those fixtures below:
Martin Landaluce vs Daniil Medvedev – 19:00 CET
Iga Swiatek vs Elina Svitolina – 20:30 CET
16:33 CET – Coco Gauff is into the final of the Italian Open for the second year running!
The third-seeded American has ended Sorana Cirstea‘s brilliant run in Rome, winning their semi-final clash 6-4, 6-3 in under 90 minutes.
36-year-old Cirstea’s road to the last four was impressive, notably involving an upset of top seed Aryna Sabalenka, but she ran out of steam today.
Gauff won five break points (of six) in the match, as well as 74% of her first-serve points. She will face the winner of Iga Swiatek and Elina Sviotlina in Saturday’s decider.
14:45 CET – As most would have expected, Sinner has seen off Rublev without much trouble at all, claiming a 6-2, 6-4 win over just over 90 minutes.
The Italian’s serving was actually below its usual standard, with him getting just 49% of his first serves in, but he did win all but seven of the points on them and saved two out of three break points.
Sinner now has 32 consecutive wins at Masters 1000 tournaments, which is the most ever, with him breaking the record previously held by Novak Djokovic.
13:00 CET – Play is soon to get underway in Rome for the day, and the first match sees home favourite Jannik Sinner out to extend his absurd winning run against Andrey Rublev in the third of the men’s quarter-finals.
It’s hard to look past the Italian in this one; he’s won 26 matches in a row, and 31 Masters matches, too. He’s also won five of his last six meetings with Rublev, but the Russian will give it a red-hot go, that’s for sure.
You can follow every point live here!
08:00 CET – Hello and welcome to another day of coverage of the Italian Open in Rome! We have four huge matches to enjoy today, with the women’s semi-finals taking place, plus the last two of the men’s quarter-finals.
Jannik Sinner will be looking to extend his unbelievable winning streak (31 matches) in Masters tournaments against Andrey Rublev in the first clash of the day from lunchtime.
Then we move over to the women’s side, where the resurgent Sorana Cirstea, one of the stories of the tournament, will take on Coco Gauff in the first of the women’s semi-finals.
In the late session, Iga Swiatek will take on Elina Sviotlina in the other women’s semi, after Daniil Medvedev faces rising star Martin Landaluce in the quarter-finals.
Here is Thursday’s full program:
Jannik Sinner vs Andrey Rublev – 13:00 CET
Sorana Cirstea vs Coco Gauff – 15:00 CET
Martin Landaluce vs Daniil Medvedev – 19:00 CET
Iga Swiatek vs Elina Svitolina – 20:30 CET
Follow the men’s side of the tournament here, and the women’s here.
