Seeds sprang into action on Thursday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, and Iga Swiatek led the charge into round 3 with a resounding win over Bernarda Pera, while Coco Gauff charged past Magdalena Frech, Marketa Vondrousova overtook Ana Bogdan, and Zheng Qinwen saw off Shelby Rogers. The post Rome | Swiatek, Gauff and Vondrousova make round 3 appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

The first round of the men’s Rome Masters draw, played over the last two days, was blighted by rain but the delays weren’t enough to overly disrupt the programme though quite a few matches were held over from one day to the next. The post Rome | Nadal and Draper score wins; Evans falls appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

The rain that dogged Madrid last week arrived in Rome on Wednesday, leaving a backlog of matches at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia still to finish on Thursday. The post Rome | Osaka and Kenin claim wins before rain stops play appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

First round got underway at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Tuesday at the Foro Italico, and while the 32 seeds have all received byes, there were still some big names out on court, especially the popcorn contest between former World No 2 Paula Badosa and the precocious 17-year old Mirra Andreeva, who was making her debut at the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome. The post Rome | 1st-round action begins with wins for Badosa, Kerber and Bogdan appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

Iga Swiatek extended the distance between her spot as the World No 1 and the rest of the pack after her thrilling win in Madrid on Saturday, and is now 3,412 points ahead of her nearest rival, Aryna Sabalenka. The post London | Swiatek extends her top-rank lead appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

The dust has barely settled after the marathon final on Saturday between Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka in Madrid when the draw for the Internazionali BNL d’Italia revealed on Monday that the World No 1 and 2 are slated for play again at the WTA 1000 in Rome. The post Draw Preview: Could it be another Swiatek v Sabalenka final in Rome? appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

Andrey Rublev collected his second Masters 1000 title by overcoming not only Felix Auger Aliassime, but a debilitating persistent illness which had been affecting him all week, to win the Madrid Open in a nerve-wracking, two-hour and 48-minute, three-setter. The post Madrid | Rublev surmounts illness and Auger Aliassime to take title appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

Spain’s Cristina Bucsa & Sara Sorribes Tormo thrilled their home crowd fans by lifting the Mutua Madrid Open doubles title at the Caja Magica on Sunday, after a lacklustre final in which they surprisingly trounced Barbora Krejcikova & Laura Siegemund, 6-0 6-2. The post Madrid | Bucsa & Sorribes Tormo thrill fans by winning doubles title appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

As Madrid reaches its climax this weekend, the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, the second consecutive WTA 1000 clay-court event featuring 18 of the world’s Top 20 players, will start on Tuesday 7 May in the 81st edition of the event. The post Rome | Preview: Big guns to line up in the Eternal City appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

Felix Auger Aliassime has reached the first Masters final of his career but just couldn’t believe the circumstances which have eased his passage to the championship round of the Madrid Open having actually only completed three matches! The post Madrid | Auger Aliassime to face Rublev in final appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more