2026 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy - Masters 1000

[MargaretMcAleer]

I have to double check Al when looking up stats I have them to be wrong on many occasions, eg I dont trust their H2H as I have found them out to be incorrect

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Italian men able to reach the Rome Masters SFs in the Open Era,
Paolo Bertolucci 1973
Adriano Panatta 1976, 1978, Panatta won the Rome Masters in singles in 1976, a landmark year in which he also won the French Open and Davis Cup, he was a finalist at Rome in 1978.
Antonio Zugarelli 1977
Filippo Volandri 2007
Lorenzo Sonego 2021
Jannik Sinner 2025
Lorenzo Musetti 2025
Luciano Darderi 2026
Jannik Sinner 2026

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Sinner d Rublev 62 64
Jannik gets his 32 consecutive win in Masters, breaking Djokovic's record for the most consecutive wins in the history of this format
He's no won 64 of the last 66 sets of tennis he's played in Masters events
27th consecutive win
18th Masters SF
50th Career SF
Won 49 of last 51 matches

Jannik Forza!

The wind was a factor in this match, I dont think Sinner or Rublev played to their best, though in the conditions did their best

 

[El Dude]

I have to double check Al when looking up stats I have them to be wrong on many occasions, eg I dont trust their H2H as I have found them out to be incorrect

AI is virtually useless for tennis stats. The main problem is that it cannot search drop down menus - I'm not a coder, but I think it has something to do with HTML. It can search Wikipedia, but not Tennis Abstract or UTS. But even then, it has given me answers that I know are incorrect - even when the stats are readily available.

It is one of my great (tennis-related) tragedies: the relative lack of reliable statistics, especially pre Open Era. That said, I found a book that has results for every pro era tournament and tour. This has allowed me to dabble with applying my various metrics to pre-Open Era stats so I can, for instance, at least make a reasonable attempt at comparing Rod Laver's full career to the Big Three.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The match between Medvedev v Landaluce has been suspended due to rain
Landaluce 1st set 61 and Medvedev leading 3-2 in the 2nd set
Both players have left the court

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Play has now recommenced in the 2nd set between Medvedev and Landulace
Medvedev 4 -3
Meddy served for the match at 5-3 broken
Meddy broke the serve of Landulace won the 2nd set 64
Going 3
Medvedev just hit 3 DFs in his first service game of the 3rd set, broken
Landulace leads 2-0
Back on serve, as Medvedev gets the break back
3 all
Landuluce holds serve after saving 3 BPs
4 all
DF No 7 for Landulace and Medvedev has MP
This has been a Hell of a QF between these 2 players
Landulace saves MP
MP No 3 for Medvedev
Landulace is Not Going Away and saves MP No 3
Landulace holds tough and saves the 3 MPs
5 all
Landulace will now serve 5-6 to force a TB for the 3rd set and for the match, seems fitting
Medvedev broke Landulace to love and won the match 16 64 75

Well done to Landulace who came into Rome as a LL and made the most of his draw, making the QFs of a Masters1000 and pushed Medvedev all the way in this match!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Mens SFs are now set,

Ruud vs Darderi
Sinner vs Medvedev

 

[britbox]

Video Highlights - QFs Part 2

 

[kskate2]

Jodar definitely making a splash. Hopefully the LeoAI tool I use for the video transcript summaries will know who he is by the time we get to Roland Garros.

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What did Claude say?

 

[britbox]

What did Claude say?

Ha ha. Claude is much better than LeoAI.