Illness has ended Elena Rybakina's Rome reign: the defending champion withdrew from the Italian Open.

The Pole was her typical ruthless self on Thursday night in the Italian capital.

Rafael Nadal saved seven of nine break points beating Zizou Bergs 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to score his 70th career Rome win today.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic talks his new and old team and mission statement ahead of his quest to regain the Rome title.

Madrid champ Iga Swiatek will bid for her third title at the Foro Italico this week.

World No. 3 Coco Gauff shares focus of her Rome practices and her mission statement for the rest of her clay campaign.