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On the famed red clay of Roland-Garros in August, Jasmine Paolini could hardly contain her excitement as she tossed her racket high in the air, pumped both of her fists and embraced her doubles partner, Sara Errani. Just seconds earlier, the Italian duo had made history, defeating Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider to claim their nation’s first-ever...

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World number one Jannik Sinner beat Frances Tiafoe 7-6(4) 6-2 at the Cincinnati Open final on Monday, showing that despite recent health struggles he will still be the man to beat at the upcoming US Open. Sinner, 23, became the youngest Cincinnati champion since 21-year-old Andy Murray won in 2008. Sinner had been struggling over the past couple mo...

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Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini win the seventh gold medal of the Italian expedition to Paris 2024, the first ever in tennis. The Italians beat their opponents Andreeva/Shnaider in the final on a comeback, match tiebreak: 2-6 6-1 10-7. At 37 years and 97 days, Errani completes the doubles Career Grand Slam after winning every Grand Slam test, paire...

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At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Italy stunned the world by winning 40 medals, a record for the Azzurri since they have been participating in the Olympics. Above all, it amazed with its five victories in athletics, the queen of Olympic sports. From July 26, in Paris, for the third time in history, athletes fr...

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Jasmine Paolini kept coming back, kept coming back, kept coming back, against Donna Vekic in what would become the longest Wimbledon women's semifinal on record — after dropping the opening set, after being two games from defeat in each of the last two sets, after twice trailing by a break in the third. And all the while, this is what Paolini kept...

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Lorenzo Musetti has powered his way to victory over Taylor Fritz in Wimbledon's latest five-set rollercoaster to reach his first grand slam semi-final. Italy's world No.1 Jannik Sinner was unable to make it through to the last four on Tuesday but the country's flag is still flying in the men's singles thanks to his compatriot. Musetti was throug...

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Jasmine Paolini has stormed past Emma Navarro, 6-2, 6-1, to reach the semifinals of Wimbledon for the first time in her career. And it’s historic—she’s the first Italian woman to reach the semifinals of Wimbledon in the Open Era. She was the fifth Italian woman in the Open Era to reach the quarterfinals at the grass-court major, but the four who pr...

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In the more than 100-year history of professional tennis, no Italian man or woman has ever reached number one in the world rankings. Tennis, which came to Italy thanks to a few English gentlemen in the late 1800s who did not want to give up their passion for the game that had become very popular in Anglo-Saxon high society, has been one of the most...

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After Jannik Sinner yesterday became the new number 1 in the world and reached the first semifinal of his career in the Paris slam beating Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, another outstanding day for the Italian colors on French soil. As many as four “heroes” today, but over all prominent protagonist Jasmine Paolini. The 28-year-old from Castelnuovo Garf...

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Jannik Sinner is set to climb to No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings on 10 June. The 22-year-old will become the first Italian and just the 29th player overall to top men’s tennis. Sinner began the year at World No. 4. But with a massive surge to begin 2024, highlighted by his first major title at the Australian Open, an ATP Masters 1000 title in Miami a...

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