Italian Open LIVE: Svitolina beats Swiatek to make final, Sinner & Medvedev into semis

[p][b]00:35 CET - [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-elina/jyngIesG/"]Elina Svitolina[/a] is into the Italian Open final after defeating world number three [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Iga Swiatek[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/svitolina-e-jyngIesG/swiatek-i-jNyZsXZe/?mid=bBLBTbXg"]6-4, 2-6, 6-2[/a]. Despite winning just 36% of her second serve points, the Ukrainian broke Swiatek's serve six times to pull off another big result. She will face Coco Gauff in the final on Saturday.[/p][embed guid="de88f4a2-4d4d-49ec-9a3e-878e0162fce6" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2055054428156068145?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]23:50 CET - [/b]We're heading to a decider in the Eternal City, with Swiatek stepping up her game and winning the second set 6-2.[/p][p]The Pole served much better than she did in the opener, with her first-serve percentage climbing from 52% to 78%, and while she was still broken once, she all won all three of Svitolina's first three service games to take a big lead.[/p][p]With momentum behind her and the record she has on clay, she has to be considered the favourite now.[/p][p][b]23:11 CET - [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-elina/jyngIesG/"]Elina Svitolina[/a] has taken the lead in her semi-final clash with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Iga Swiatek[/a], winning a tight first set [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/svitolina-e-jyngIesG/swiatek-i-jNyZsXZe/?mid=bBLBTbXg"]6-4[/a].[/p][p]Neither player was able to dominate on their serve, with the pair converting five break points between them, and Svitolina put away the all-important one in the final game to edge ahead.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/svitolina-e-jyngIesG/swiatek-i-jNyZsXZe/?mid=bBLBTbXg"]Follow every point of the match here.[/a][/b][/p][embed guid="88519f43-cfa6-457a-a3aa-2863f270fb7b" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2055033283562381742" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]21:54 CET - [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/medvedev-daniil/O8qG0Nhb/"]Daniil Medvedev[/a] will be the next man to try and put a halt to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Jannik Sinner's[/a] remarkable run, with the former US Open champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/landaluce-m-AoOnGZEp/medvedev-d-O8qG0Nhb/?mid=0nv4awzn"]overcoming a huge test[/a] against young Spaniard [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/landaluce-martin/AoOnGZEp/"]Martin Landaluce[/a].[/p][p]Landaluce came flying out of the blocks, winning the first set 6-1 in just 26 minutes, but Medvedev regrouped to narrowly edge the next two in 49 and 69 minutes, respectively.[/p][p]It was ultimately a deserved win, with Medvedev putting on the pressure for the majority of the clash after the opener.[/p][embed guid="9c088897-be66-4ea3-8597-e93ef54b2358" url="https://x.com/InteBNLdItalia/status/2055014166272827708" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]17:00 CET -[/b] The drama isn't over in Rome today. We have two late games to enjoy, with the last of the men's quarter-finals and the second women's semi-final still to come. You can follow those fixtures below:[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/landaluce-m-AoOnGZEp/medvedev-d-O8qG0Nhb/?mid=0nv4awzn"]Martin Landaluce vs Daniil Medvedev - 19:00 CET[/a][/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/svitolina-e-jyngIesG/swiatek-i-jNyZsXZe/?mid=bBLBTbXg"]Iga Swiatek vs Elina Svitolina - 20:30 CET[/a][/b][/p][p][b]16:33 CET - [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a] is into the final of the Italian Open for the second year running![/p][p]The third-seeded American has ended [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cirstea-sorana/fBPsm3Iq/"]Sorana Cirstea[/a]'s brilliant run in Rome, winning their semi-final clash [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/cirstea-s-fBPsm3Iq/gauff-c-f5BXmEH6/?mid=Wn6w4IaB"]6-4, 6-3[/a] in under 90 minutes.[/p][embed guid="03a030a5-3cf9-450e-9013-0e738a5934f6" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2054933630636478871" social-type="twitter" /][p]36-year-old Cirstea's road to the last four was impressive, notably involving an upset of top seed Aryna Sabalenka, but she ran out of steam today.[/p][p]Gauff won five break points (of six) in the match, as well as 74% of her first-serve points. She will face the winner of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Iga Swiatek[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-elina/jyngIesG/"]Elina Sviotlina[/a] in Saturday's decider.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="f93c35a3-b543-4efa-82ea-9b8c11e4f61c" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="8ccbf6a8-3a68-451a-8194-fbfef79f3ce1" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][b]14:45 CET - [/b]As most would have expected, Sinner has seen off Rublev without much trouble at all, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/rublev-a-AeAn4gP0/sinner-j-6HdC3z4H/?mid=x4FrUA87"]claiming a 6-2, 6-4 win over just over 90 minutes[/a].[/p][p]The Italian's serving was actually below its usual standard, with him getting just 49% of his first serves in, but he did win all but seven of the points on them and saved two out of three break points.[/p][p]Sinner now has 32 consecutive wins at Masters 1000 tournaments, which is the most ever, with him breaking the record previously held by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/djokovic-novak/AZg49Et9/"]Novak Djokovic[/a].[/p][embed guid="9bb66f99-da7d-442d-95d8-868cfa71bf06" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2054907352088813931" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]13:00 CET - [/b]Play is soon to get underway in Rome for the day, and the first match sees home favourite [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Jannik Sinner[/a] out to extend his absurd winning run against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rublev-andrey/AeAn4gP0/"]Andrey Rublev[/a] in the third of the men's quarter-finals.[/p][p]It's hard to look past the Italian in this one; he's won 26 matches in a row, and 31 Masters matches, too. He's also won five of his last six meetings with Rublev, but the Russian will give it a red-hot go, that's for sure.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/rublev-a-AeAn4gP0/sinner-j-6HdC3z4H/?mid=x4FrUA87"]You can follow every point live here![/a][/b][/p][embed guid="d70bc6e9-98c5-4b8c-93ba-34c44c75d1cd" url="https://x.com/InteBNLdItalia/status/2054875654575804583" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]08:00 CET - [/b]Hello and welcome to another day of coverage of the Italian Open in Rome! We have four huge matches to enjoy today, with the women's semi-finals taking place, plus the last two of the men's quarter-finals.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Jannik Sinner[/a] will be looking to extend his unbelievable winning streak (31 matches) in Masters tournaments against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rublev-andrey/AeAn4gP0/"]Andrey Rublev[/a] in the first clash of the day from lunchtime.[/p][image alt="Sinner vs Rublev last four meetings" id="df61ca0d-aa34-4082-b722-36daebc4435c" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="49810e50-6673-458b-82c5-52dad66fa8ac" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Then we move over to the women's side, where the resurgent [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cirstea-sorana/fBPsm3Iq/"]Sorana Cirstea[/a], one of the stories of the tournament, will take on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a] in the first of the women's semi-finals.[/p][p]In the late session, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Iga Swiatek[/a] will take on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-elina/jyngIesG/"]Elina Sviotlina[/a] in the other women's semi, after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/medvedev-daniil/O8qG0Nhb/"]Daniil Medvedev[/a] faces rising star [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/landaluce-martin/AoOnGZEp/"]Martin Landaluce[/a] in the quarter-finals.[/p][image alt="Sorana Cirstea's recent results" id="838d4c1b-b171-4189-978f-915eb5269547" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="168fcac0-f4a2-4e96-a503-cf9eb44b8821" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][b]Here is Thursday's full program:[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/rublev-a-AeAn4gP0/sinner-j-6HdC3z4H/?mid=x4FrUA87"]Jannik Sinner vs Andrey Rublev - 13:00 CET[/a][/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/cirstea-s-fBPsm3Iq/gauff-c-f5BXmEH6/?mid=Wn6w4IaB"]Sorana Cirstea vs Coco Gauff - 15:00 CET[/a][/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/landaluce-m-AoOnGZEp/medvedev-d-O8qG0Nhb/?mid=0nv4awzn"]Martin Landaluce vs Daniil Medvedev - 19:00 CET[/a][/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/svitolina-e-jyngIesG/swiatek-i-jNyZsXZe/?mid=bBLBTbXg"]Iga Swiatek vs Elina Svitolina - 20:30 CET[/a][/b][/p][embed guid="08c1c455-593c-445a-a64f-d5e5e56d0f45" url="https://x.com/InteBNLdItalia/status/2054658705883300345" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Follow the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/atp-singles/rome/"]men's side of the tournament here[/a], and the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/wta-singles/rome/"]women's here[/a].[/b][/p]