Rome, Italy, ATP1000 Rome Masters and WTA1000 Rome tournaments are underway. In the third round of the men's singles, there was a big upset, and the Madrid Masters champion Rublev at the last stop was upset, losing two sets in a row after winning one set, and the big score was reversed by qualifier Alexander Muller, ranked 109th in the world, 1-2! In the fourth round of women's singles, the world's No. 1 Swiatek completed the sweep and eliminated the German veteran Kerber 2-0 to advance! Chinese golden flower Zheng Qinwen was also strong, sweeping four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka in straight sets.
In the last stop in Madrid, Spain, Rublev won the championship with consecutive victories over Davidovic, Alcaraz, Fritz, Aliachim and many other masters, and he was in good shape! However, Rublev also left hidden dangers, high fever + continuous fighting, after winning the championship directly into the hospital, after a short rest and treatment, rushed from Spain to Italy, to participate in the competition for the Rome Masters, the No. 4 seed Rublev enjoyed the treatment of the first round of bye, and then in the second round, Rublev fought hard in three sets 2-1 to reverse the American player Giron to advance to the round of 32, and in the third round faced the qualifier Alexander Muller, Rublev once again suffered a three-set hard battle, After taking the first set 6-3, he was upset by Alexander Muller 6-3, 6-2 and missed the men's singles round of 16! World No. 109 Alexander Müller has won the world's top 10 for the first time in his career.
In the women's singles, the fourth round of the first half of the tournament has been ushered in, and the world No. 1 Swiatek swept to advance, defeating the German veteran Kerber 7-5, 6-3, and winning the key duel between the new and old women's singles world No. 1. In the first set, Kerber played very well, and once played a very close game with Swiatek, but Swiatek still grasped the eighth set point to take a 7-5 lead. In the second set, although Kerber won two games in a row to take a 2-0 lead, Swiatek broke out in the back and completely entered the state, Kerber gradually could not withstand the opponent's attack, and the top seed Swiatek broke serve in a row and won again with a score of 6-3. Swiatek won nine straight matches on clay, reached the quarterfinals of Rome for the fourth consecutive year, and reached the quarterfinals of the 1000 tournament for the 17th time in her career, and faced American Keys in the next round.
Three-time Grand Slam champion Kerber is out, four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka was also eliminated in this round, against China's Jinhua sister Zheng Qinwen, Naomi Osaka lost two sets in a row 2-6 and 4-6 was swept away, Zheng Qinwen is two consecutive years into the quarterfinals in Rome, will meet the No. 3 seed Gauff in the quarterfinals for the first time in his career, Gauff reversed the former world No. 2 Spanish star Badosa in the fourth round of women's singles 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, in the deciding set, Gauff exploded in adversity after being the first to be broken, winning six games in a row from 0-1 to 6-1 to send an invisible egg.