Latest story published: 2026-05-08 13:24 UTC
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Matteo Arnaldi upset world No. 8 Alex de Minaur in the Rome second round. The Italian wild card won 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in just under three hours. Arnaldi advances to face 19-year-old Spaniard Rafael Jodar. This was the first men’s second-round upset in Rome.
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard beat Jacob Fearnley at the Italian Open. The result sent the British No. 3 out early. It was a straight knockout matchup from the tournament in Rome.
Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Rafael Nadal in Rome on May 7, 2008. It was Nadal’s first loss at that event and made Ferrero the first man to defeat him there. The result stands as a landmark moment in the tournament’s history.
Jacob Fearnley produced an impressive point in his Rome Open match against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. The moment came during their meeting in Rome. The clip focuses on a contested rally that Fearnley won against the odds.
Novak Djokovic suffered a practice defeat ahead of his return to tennis at the Italian Open. The setback came during his preparation for the tournament. It adds an unwanted note before he steps back into competition.
Andy Roddick lost a match on May 5, 2005 after overturning a call on match point that would have given him the win over Fernando Verdasco. The moment is remembered as a sportsmanship decision that changed the result. It ended with Verdasco getting the victory in a notable tennis history flashpoint.
Jannik Sinner won the Madrid Open title and claimed his fifth straight Masters trophy. The result underlines a dominant run on the ATP Tour. It adds another major title to his recent stretch of success.
Matteo Arnaldi won the Sardegna Open at the Cagliari Challenger. The title stands out as one of the notable stories of the 2026 ATP Challenger season. It also followed a difficult stretch in his career.
Roman Safiullin won the Danube Upper Austria Open by SKE in Mauthausen to claim his second straight Challenger title. The 28-year-old Russian followed up his earlier win at the Oeiras Open 125 in Portugal. The result extends his strong run on the ATP Challenger Tour. His momentum carried directly from Portugal into Austria.
Matteo Arnaldi won the Sardegna Open in Cagliari, giving Italy its first home champion at the event. The clay-court title added a significant milestone to the 25-year-old's career. Alejandro Tabilo also took his second title in Aix in the same batch of results. The tournament had previously been won by Ugo Humbert and Mariano Navone.
Jannik Sinner won the Mutua Madrid Open and moved closer to the all-time ATP Masters 1000 winning-streak record. He beat Alexander Zverev in the final to claim his fifth straight Masters 1000 title and push his streak to 28 consecutive matches at that level. Only Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have matched or exceeded that run. The piece also looks back at Rafael Nadal and Djokovic's Madrid Masters semi-final in 2009, the longest three-set match in Masters 1000 history.
Jannik Sinner won the 2026 Mutua Madrid Open and took his fifth straight ATP Masters 1000 title. It was also his first title in Madrid. The tournament ended on Sunday with Sinner featured in a photo collection from the clay-court event.
Jannik Sinner beat Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-2 to win the Madrid Open for the first time. The title gave Sinner a record fifth Masters 1000 victory in a row. Zverev's heavy loss also drew sharp criticism over his level in the final. He finished the match in 57 minutes.
Jannik Sinner beat Alexander Zverev to win the Mutua Madrid Open and extend his record ATP Masters 1000 streak. The title made him the first player to win five consecutive Masters 1000 events, a run that now stands ahead of the marks set by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. It was Sinner's first Madrid title and came after a straight-sets final in Manolo Santana Stadium. His run included an early scare against Benjamin Bonzi before he surged through the event.
Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten won the Mutua Madrid Open doubles title. The third seeds finished with a strong performance and captured their fourth title of the season. They beat Guido Andreozzi and his partner in the final.
Jannik Sinner advanced to the Mutua Madrid Open final after beating Arthur Fils in the semifinals. Alexander Zverev also won his semifinal over Alex de Minaur to set up the title match. Sinner’s result moved him into his fifth consecutive ATP Masters 1000 final. The two semifinal wins came on Madrid Day 10.
Hubert Hurkacz beat Matteo Berrettini at the Sardegna Open in Cagliari. The sixth seed rallied from a set down to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and reach the semifinals. The match was a meeting between former Top 10 players at an ATP Challenger 175 event.
Alexander Zverev beat Flavio Cobolli at the Mutua Madrid Open to reach the semi-finals. The win also kept Zverev's strong Masters 1000 run going and matched a feat shared by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Jannik Sinner. He had lost to Cobolli in Munich just 12 days earlier. Zverev needed about 90 minutes to get through the match.
Alexander Blockx continued his breakout run at the Mutua Madrid Open by defeating defending champion Casper Ruud. The win sent the 21-year-old Belgian into the semi-finals after his third Top 20 victory of the tournament. Ruud's title defence ended in the quarter-finals. Blockx's run has become the best of his career.
Alexander Blockx beat Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 at the Mutua Madrid Open to reach the semi-finals. The win ended Ruud’s title defense and sent Blockx into his first Masters 1000 semi-final. Blockx is also described as the third Belgian in Masters history to make a semi-final. Ruud had been the 2025 champion in Madrid.
Mariano Navone won his first ATP Tour title in Bucharest. The breakthrough ended a run of disappointment after he had lost his previous two tour-level finals. One of those earlier finals had also come in Bucharest in 2024.
Jannik Sinner reached the last four at the Mutua Madrid Open after beating Rafael Jodar. Arthur Fils also won in Madrid, defeating Jiri Lehecka to join Sinner in the semifinals. Fils stretched his winning streak to nine matches with that result. He had recently beaten Lehecka again after losing to him in Miami.
Anastasia Potapova beat Karolina Pliskova in Madrid to reach the next round. The win came after Tallon Griekspoor, her boyfriend, helped lift her during a tight third-set battle. Potapova used that late boost to secure a significant victory at the Mutua Madrid Open. She is listed in the PIF WTA Rankings at No. 56.
Jannik Sinner defeated Rafael Jodar in the Mutua Madrid Open quarter-finals to move into the semi-finals. The win kept the world No. 1 on track for a fifth straight Masters 1000 title. Sinner won 6-2, 7-6(0) and closed out the match by taking the final 11 points.
Alexander Zverev reached the Mutua Madrid Open quarter-finals after defeating Jakub Mensik. The win ended Zverev's run of fourth-round exits in the previous three editions of the clay-court ATP Masters 1000 event in Madrid. He is back in the last eight in the Spanish capital. Mensik was the opponent in his breakthrough return to that stage.
Jannik Sinner and Rafael Jodar both won on Tuesday at the Mutua Madrid Open to set up a quarter-final meeting. Casper Ruud also advanced in Madrid after a dramatic victory. The results moved all three players deeper into the tournament. The Madrid Day 7 highlights centered on those wins.
Alexander Zverev beat Jakub Mensik and Flavio Cobolli beat Daniil Medvedev in the Madrid Open. Those results set up a quarter-final rematch between Zverev and Cobolli. Cobolli had already beaten Zverev in Munich a fortnight earlier, and the winner will move on with a semi-final place at stake.
Jannik Sinner progressed and Casper Ruud edged Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Madrid Open. The ATP action came during another day of play in Madrid, with both matches part of the tournament round-up. Ruud’s win over Tsitsipas was the tighter result of the two. Sinner moved on comfortably in his own match.
Matteo Berrettini won a thriller at the Cagliari Challenger after an early exit at the Mutua Madrid Open. The result gave him a fresh clay-court win after leaving Madrid early. The piece also points to his record on clay, including six ATP Tour titles on the surface and a Roland Garros quarter-final in 2021. Berrettini has been pushing to achieve bigger things on clay.
Casper Ruud saved two match points to defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Mutua Madrid Open fourth round. The defending champion survived a match full of twists to stay alive in the tournament. Tsitsipas came close to the win before Ruud edged through. The result keeps Ruud's Madrid title defense going.