The men’s and women’s singles draws for the 2021 French Open are now known, and as you can always expect at this time of year, there will be some cracking matches to watch over the next fortnight. I start on the men’s side of things, where the sport’s three most celebrated players – Roger Federer, […]
Djokovic, Tsitsipas made to wait in rain-hit Rome
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World number one Novak Djokovic s quarter-final match against Stefanos Tsitsipas has been pushed back until Saturday after play was suspended because of rain on Friday.
Monte Carlo winner Tsitsipas was leading defending champion 6-4, 2-1 when the match was interrupted for a second time at the Foro Italico.
The match was first halted for 3 hours 30 minutes with the fifth seed leading 4-3 before heavy rain hit the Italian capital.
Play resumed at 16:45 GMT, enough time for Tsitsipas to close out the first set before being called off again half an hour.
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Rafael Nadal & Novak Djokovic into Italian Open quarter-finals as fans return
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Spectators were allowed into the Italian Open on Thursday for the first time this week
Rafael Nadal saved two match points to overcome a huge test from Denis Shapovalov and reach the Italian Open quarter-finals.
The Spaniard was a set and a break down but outlasted the Canadian to win 3-6 6-4 7-6 (7-3) in a near three-and-a-half-hour contest.
Nadal, chasing a 10th title in Rome, forced a third-set tie-break by saving match points at 6-5.
Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic reached his 15th Rome quarter-final in a row.
Italian Open: Djokovic wins but loses cool in rain-marred match
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Rome, May 12 : Serbia s Novak Djokovic got past American Taylor Fritz 6-3, 7-6(5) to advance to the third round of Italian Open but not before the world No. 1 had lost his cool against the chair umpire for not suspending the match because of rain. How much do you wanna play? I asked you three times, you are not checking anything, the 33-year-old shouted at umpire Nacho Forcadell on Tuesday.
Forcadell finally relented and the players were sent off the court at 5-5 in the second set. When they returned three hours later, Djokovic won the set 7-6(5).