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Carlos Alcaraz is the clear favorite for the French Open. Top-ranked Jannik Sinner is back from his doping ban, though, and building himself back up to full strength day by day.
The USTA said it is funding the improvements at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, with no help from the city government.
The last Italian woman to win the open was Raffaella Reggi in 1985 in Taranto. The last local man to raise the trophy was Adriano Panatta in 1976.
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It was Sinner’s first match since he won his third Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January.
It was fitting that when Pope Leo XIV was elected, the Italian Open tennis tournament was being played just up the road from the Vatican.
Geneva organizers said Novak Djokovic will play at the May 17-24 tournament, a last warmup event for players going to Paris for the French Open.
Carlos Alcaraz returned from a brief injury layoff with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Serbian qualifier Dusan Lajovic at the Italian Open. In the women’s tournament, top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka opened with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Anastasia Potapova.
Carlos Alcaraz had an upper leg ailment that bothered him during the Barcelona Open final, plus a left leg injury.
Jannik Sinner was just as surprised by which fellow players sent him messages of support at the start of his three-month doping ban as those who sent nothing.
Iga Swiatek bounced back from one of the worst losses of her career with a comfortable rout of home player Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the second round of the Italian Open.
There could be some high-profile athletes joining the crowds in St. Peter’s Square over the coming days to keep track of the conclave to elect a new pope.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Iva Jovic, a 17-year-old, and Emilio Nava, a 23-year-old, claimed French Open wild-card invitations from the U.S.
The conclave to elect a new pope isn’t the only international event attracting visitors to Rome this week.
