By Richard Pagliaro | Friday, Could 15, 2026
Picture credit score: Internazionali BNL d’Italia Fb
Rain stalled Jannik Sinner’s Masters reign—a minimum of for an evening.
World No. 1 Sinner held a 6-2, 5-7, 4-2 lead over Daniil Medvedev in tonight’s second Rome semifinal when heavy rain suspended play at about 9:45 p.m. native time.
The semifinal will resume at 3 p.m. Rome time (9 a.m. Jap time) with Medvedev serving Advert-In down a break at 2-4 within the last set.
The highest-seeded Sinner rides a document 32-match ATP Masters 1000 successful streak into the semifinal resumption.
The 24-year-old Italian is taking part in to grow to be simply the second man to achieve six consecutive ATP Masters 1000 finals after Novak Djokovic (2015-2016) and be part of Rafael Nadal because the second man to achieve the primary 5 Masters 1000 occasions to start out a season. Sinner is striving to grow to be the primary Italian man since legendary Adriano Panatta in 1976 to win Rome and be part of Djokovic because the second man to gather all 9 ATP Masters 1000 crowns.
The winner of the Sinner-Medvedev match will meet Twenty third-seeded Casper Ruud in Sunday’s last.
Earlier, Ruud rolled Italian Luciano Darderi, 6-1, 6-1, in a 65-minute thrashing to put up his fourth High 20 win of the event and energy into his twenty seventh profession Tour-level last.
Clad fully in black, Sinner defused Medvedev in an electrifying begin to the second semifinal that confirmed the Wimbledon winner’s dominance earlier than Medvedev battled again within the second set.
Blasting a backhand crosscourt winner, Sinner stamped a love maintain.
The highest seed froze the net-rushing Russian with a intelligent backhand lob for double break level. When Medvedev looped a lob lengthy, Sinner scored the double break for 3-0 after a mere 11 minutes.
A pissed off Medvedev was muttering sarcastic options again at coach Thomas Johansson within the assist field as Sinner slammed a 128 mph second serve that catapulted off the service line sealing his second straight love maintain for 4-0.
Leaden skies have been beginning to brighten when Sinner transformed his second set level to grab a one-set lead after 33 minutes.
The person in black darkened Medvedev’s day on serve successful 16 of 18 service factors.
Within the earlier spherical, Andrey Rublev snapped Sinner’s streak of 61 consecutive service holds in the course of the Italian’s 6-2, 6-4 sweep of the Russian. Rublev, Godfather to Medvedev’s oldest daughter, sometimes stands nearer to the baseline on return than Medvedev, who was neutered by Sinner’s whipping huge serve.
Placing from all areas of the court docket, Sinner almost tripled Medvedev’s winner complete—14 to five—within the opener.
Dismissing the dismal begin, Medvedev went to work in baseline exchanges and drew a netted forehand down the road for a break level within the second sport. Medvedev performed a difficult drop shot that Sinner reached solely to shovel his reply lengthy because the Russian broke serve within the second sport.
The 2023 champion backed up the break for a 3-0 lead after 46 minutes of play.
A number of occasions, Sinner hunched over and gulped air as if feeling the physicality greater than his 30-year-old opponent.
Nonetheless, Sinner fought off three break factors within the fourth sport—together with successive slick serve-and-forehand swing volley winners—holding to get on the board.
Hitting his two-hander down the road into Medvedev’s forehand wing, Sinner drew just a few flying forehand errors incomes break factors within the fifth sport. Medvedev netted a working forehand as Sinner broke for 2-3 and raised a clenched fist exhorting roaring Italian followers to make much more noise.
When Sinner snapped off an ace out huge to finish a tense deuce sport and maintain for 5-all Italian followers erupted in a refrain of “Ole! Ole! Ole! Sinner! Sinner!”
Medvedev muted the Foro Italico devoted throwing down a powerful maintain for 6-5.
Repeatedly dabbing the drop shot to check the highest seed’s legs, Medvedev appeared more energizing bodily as he carved a backhand dropper and flicked a forehand move for a 3rd set level.
Making an attempt to shorten the purpose, Sinner swept a drop shot however Medvedev learn it. The Russian raced ahead and banged a backhand crosscourt breaking to grab the second set and pressure a 3rd after one hour, 41 minutes.
Placing with extra self-assurance, Sinner broke at 15 for 2-1. A sprinting Sinner slid a forehand move crosscourt to again up the break for 3-1.
Medvedev slid an ace to carry for 2-3 then Sinner took a medical timeout for therapy on his proper thigh prompting Medvedev to ask the chair umpire if the therapy was for cramping.
The world No. 9 was serving Advert-In down 2-4 when a spitting bathe intensified right into a relentless rain. That prompted a suspension of play at about 9:45 p.m. native time.
