(Rome) Italian Matteo Berrettini has announced he will not compete at the Rome Tennis Masters as he continues to recover from a torn stomach muscle.
In a message posted to his Instagram account on Friday, Berrettini explained that the results of his latest scan show he still needs at least a week before he can resume physical training.
Holder of 21e rank in the ATP rankings, Berrettini suffered an oblique muscle injury during the Monte Carlo Masters about two weeks ago. He then forfeited before his round of 16 duel of this tournament, against Holger Rune.
His absence in Rome, his hometown, raises doubts about his presence at the French Open, which will begin on May 28 in Paris.
The Rome Masters, which will run from May 10 to 21, is the last major tournament to be played on clay before Roland-Garros.
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Leader in ATP world rankings Carlos Alcaraz He confidently reached the 1/8 final at the 2026 Australian Open.
In the third round, the Spaniard confidently defeated Corentin Moutet (France, ATP 37) in three sets in 2 hours and 7 minutes.
Alcaraz managed to beat Moutet as well as Adam Walton and Yannick Hanfmann at the Australian Open. So far Carlitos is going without losing a set.
Alcaraz achieved his 87th victory in his first 100 Grand Slam matches. Only Bjorn Borg achieved more victories in this number of fights – 88.
Carlos’ next opponent will be American Tommy Paul (ATP 20), knocked out Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spain, ATP 14). Fokina lost the first two sets 1-6 and withdrew due to a hamstring/thigh injury.
Previously, Alcaraz has played against Paul seven times, beating the American in five matches, including at the Grand Slam at Wimbledon 2024 and Roland Garros 2025.
Tommy Paul (AMERICA) [19] – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spain) [14] – 6:1, 6:1, RET., Fokina
Another pair that will participate in the 1/8 finals on January 23 has also been determined – Lerner Tien (ATP 29) will play against Daniil Medvedev (ATP12).
Thien defeated Portuguese Nuno Borges (ATP 46) in three sets in 2 hours and 7 minutes. Lerner reached the second week of a Grand Slam for the second time in his career; In 2025, he lost to Lorenzo Sonego in the 1/8 final of the Australian Open.
Unfortunately, in the third round, Medvedev managed to make a comeback against Fabian Marozan (Hungary, ATP 47) with a score of 0:2 in sets.
Thien played against Medvedev three times in 2025 and won two of them. Notably, Lerner eliminated the neutral team in the second round at the Australian Open 2025 and won a five-set match.
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Ukrainian tennis player Nadezhda Kichenok He completed his doubles participation at the 2026 Australian Open.
With the Ukrainians in the second round Makoto Ninomiya (Japan) lost in a row in 1 hour and 23 minutes against the eighth-placed Ellen Perez (Australia) / Demi Schuurs (Netherlands).
In the first match, Nadezhda and Makoto lost their advantage with a score of 4:2.
Kichenok and Ninomiya managed to defeat Australian duo Emerson Jones / Astra Sharma at the Australian Open.
Nadezhda became the last representative of Ukraine in doubles at AO-2026. Kichenok competed for the 11th time on the courts of Melbourne – his best result was the 1/8 final stage in 2018.
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