Internazionali BNL d’Italia—Rome, Italy
Swiatek, Tsitsipas Reach Fourth Round of Italian Open
Top seed and clay-court wizard Iga Swiatek raced into the fourth round of the Italian Open on Monday, defeating former world No. 1 Angelique Keber 7-5, 6-3.
Breaking serve on four occasions and adding two aces to her victory, Swiatek will next face No. 18 seed Madison Keys for a place in the semifinals.
Keys ousted Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-1 earlier in the day.
Elsewhere, No. 3 seed Coco Gauff, No. 7 seed Qinwen Zheng and No. 9 seed Jelena Ostapenko all reached the final eight of the event.
On the men’s side, recent Monte Carlo winner Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced over No. 27 seed Cameron Norrie 6-2, 7-6(1). The Greek star will next face No. 9 seed Alex de Minaur for a place in the quarterfinals.
De Minaur defeated No. 18 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-4 on the Grand Stand Arena.
Rublev Ousted
Other men’s results on the day saw Madrid Open winner Andrey Rublev losing to Alexandre Muller 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 and and No. 14 seed Tommy Paul dispatching Dominik Koepfer 6-4, 6-3.
Tuesday’s action in Rome will feature Swiatek, Alexander Zverev and Grigor Dimitrov.
Watch all the action live this week from Rome on Tennis TV.
Get ready for the year’s second Major today, with great tickets to the French Open in Paris. Rafael Nadal is set to play his final Roland Garros in 2024.
