Elena Rybakina is making a case she’s a future No. 1 player. The Kazakh won at Wimbledon on grass, made the final at the Australian on hard and now has reached the Rome Masters finals on clay.

Today, the 23-year-old Rybakina overcame the rain and former French Open winner Jelenka Ostapenko 6-2, 6-4 …

It’s the final round, the final set for Rafael Nadal. Earlier today, the Spanish great pulled out of the event that made him who he is. The French Open will go on without him in 10 days or so, but Nadal is not ready to let go. Not yet.

During his press conference, Nadal made it clear he doesn’t want to stop. Not now. But his body is making decisions. …

It figures to be quite a spicy semifinal line-up at the Rome Masters. While the favorites are long gone, the last four offer intrigue and interest.

Today, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev rounded out the final four.

Playing some of his best clay tennis in years, Medvedev reached his second clay Masters semifinals rolling past German …

As feared, Rafael Nadal just announced today that he will miss the French Open. It’s the first time since 2004 that the 14-time champion with a 112-3 record will miss his favorite, his defining event.

“Not playing Roland Garros is not my decision, it’s my body’s decision,” Nadal said.

“I was even working as much as possible every single day for the last four months. It has been very difficult months because …

A third straight Rome Masters title fell by wayside for Iga Swiatek as the world No. 1 had to retire at 2-all in the third set to Elena Rybakina in their quarterfinal.

Following consecutive losses to Elena Rybakina, Iga Swiatek was looking for revenge on her favorite surface.

After a tight first 10 minutes, Swiatek took complete control of the match taking the first and rolling out to 4-2 in the …

Holger Rune did it again defeating Novak Djokovic in three sets 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 to reach the Rome Masters semifinals.

“It’s really a big win for me,” said Rune on court. “Obviously I did it last year in Paris as well, but every match is a huge challenge for me when I play against Novak. He’s one of the greatest that’s ever played the game. I knew I had to be …

Rafael Nadal has announced that he will hold a press conference Thursday at 4pm local time in Mallorca at his academy.

“Rafa Nadal will hold a press conference tomorrow at 4pm at the Rafa Nadal Academy by MoviStar to inform about his participation in Roland Garros. If he plays or not and the reasons either way will be only be communicated tomorrow,” his camp released.

Nadal hasn’t played on the pro …

The scoreline was straightforward but Novak Djokovic’s 6-3, 6-4 win over Cameron Norrie at the Rome Masters was anything but.

Djokovic was not pleased with Norrie’s on-court conduct.

The match was delayed as the Serb was finishing up some undisclosed medical treatment and then Norrie started right off with the “come ons”. Later, on a bunny overhead smash, Norrie hit Djokovic on the back of the leg. Djokovic had already turned …

After getting washed out Monday, Iga Swiatek was back on court today and rolled past Donna Vekic 6-3, 6-4.

The world No. 1 has now won her last 14 matches at the Rome Masters having won the title the last two years. After dropping just two games in her first two matches, though, Vekic pushed Swiatek.

The Croatian lost just seven points on her first serve but won just 30% on her …

Six of the eight fourth round matches were completed on Monday at the Rome Masters before the rain finally put an end to play just before 10pm.

Iga Swiatek’s duel with Donna Vekic and the Paula Badosa-Karolina Muchova were pushed until tomorrow.

Before the weather, Elena Rybakina powered her way past former French finalist Marketa Vondrousova 6-3, 6-3.

The Wimbledon champion broke five times including two quick ones to go up 3-0 in …

The rains returned to Rome but not before another shocker hit the draw. Today, it was world No. 1 suffering one of the biggest upsets in recent memory going down to the 135th-ranked qualifier Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 7-6(7-4).

“It’s not easy to say something, I’m very, very happy,” said Marozsan to the ATP. “I couldn’t …

Three of the top men in the top half had to go the distance Sunday at the Rome Masters.

Six-time champion Novak Djokovic improved to 11-1 against Grigor Dimitrov with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 victory over the Bulgarian No. 26 seed.

Djokovic lost just three points on serve in the final set (none on first serve) …

Defending champion Iga Swiatek went down a break 2-0 to Lesia Tsurenko before turning on the jets winning 12 straight games to win it 6-2, 6-0 and reach the Rome Masters sweet 16.

The world No. 1 never faced another break point after the first game of the match.

Two more top seeds fells as the upsets continued in Rome.

Former French Open finalist Coco Gauff was bounced by No. 27 seed Marie …

On a wet middle Saturday at the Rome Masters, six of the eight third round matches scheduled were completed.

Caroline Garcia was the story of the day as she fell to Camila Osorio 6-4, 6-4 giving the Colombian her first ever Top 5 win.

“She played unreal tennis in Lyon, and I had the chance to compete again. Beating her is unreal,” she told the WTA.

“She’s a super-aggressive player, always trying to …

Carlos Alcaraz made a strong Rome Masters debut cruising past countryman Albert Ramos Vinolas 6-4, 6-1.

The 20-year-old Alcaraz fell behind a quick break to start the match before rolling, breaking the veteran four times.

“It wasn’t easy. The first round of every tournament is really tough and of course Albert Ramos, especially on clay, is …