Plastic sheets cover the field during a thunderstorm prior to the start round of sixteen match between Jannik Sinner and Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome,

This was Jannik Sinner's 50th victory as the ATP's top-ranked player, in just his 53rd outing as the world number one. Since the ATP rankings were first published in 1973, that is the joint-fewest matches required to reach 50 wins as the world number one,

In the women's draw, Coco Gauff will be hoping to follow up her thumping win over Raducanu by beating Mirra Andreeva, while Aryna Sabalenka faces a similarly tricky test against Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen.

Jannik Sinner is still regaining his focus on the tennis court after his three-month doping ban. The top-ranked player overcame a brief lapse during the first set of a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Dutch qualifier Jesper De Jong in his second match back on tour at the Italian Open on Monday.

Coco Gauff continued her encouraging run on clay as she progressed to the quarterfinals of the Italian Open. A finalist at the recent Madrid Open, Gauff cruised past Great Britain's Emma Raducanu 6-1,

Aryna Sabalenka showed her true colours with a classy gesture towards Marta Kostyuk, who refused to offer a post-match handshake at the Italian Open. Sabalenka booked her place in the quarter-finals with a hard-fought victory over her Ukrainian rival on Tuesday. She will face reigning Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen in the last eight.

Home favourite Jasmine Paolini recovers from a set down and a 4-0 deficit in the second set to edge past Diana Shnaider and reach the Italian Open semi-finals.

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