Plastic sheets cover the field during a thunderstorm prior to the start round of sixteen match between Jannik Sinner and Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome,

No. 6 seed Jasmine Paolini completed one of the craziest and certainly most memorable comebacks of her career today after coming back from a set and a double break down to beat 13th-seeded Diana Shnaider 6-7 (1) 6-4 6-2 in the Rome Open quarterfinal.

ROME — Iga Świątek’s struggles continue, at one of the last places anyone in tennis would have expected. Świątek, a master of clay-court tennis and defending champion at the Italian Open, lost to American Danielle Collins in the third round,

Home favourite Jasmine Paolini recovers from a set down and a 4-0 deficit in the second set to edge past Diana Shnaider and reach the Italian Open semi-finals.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner overcame a brief lapse during the first set of a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Dutch qualifier Jesper De Jong in his second match back on tour in front of his home crowd at the Italia

The Italian Open match between Alex de Minaur and Hugo Dellien was temporarily suspended on Monday morning. Medical staff were called in to help a member of the crowd while De Minaur held a slender lead early in the contest.

Lorenzo Musetti beats Daniil Medvedev after Rome downpour forces suspension on match point - Musetti needed to win just one more point to reach the quarter-finals

Italy’s Matteo Berrettini had a day to forget when he was forced to retire from the Rome Open. The 29-year-old faced Norway’s Casper Ruud in the round of 32 of the ongoing ATP 1000 event in the Italian capital.