Medvedev and Rublev traveled

Held for the 80th time this year on the clay courts at the Foro Italico complex in Rome, the Italian capital, the Rome Open Tennis Tournament continued with 3rd and 4th round competitions for women. and men.

Although world number 3 Daniil Medvedev fought his Spanish rival Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the third round, he won the court 2-1 with sets of 3-6, 6-1 and 6-3 and put his name among the last 16 rackets.

Russian sixth-seeded racket Andrey Rublev defeated his Spanish opponent Alejandro Fokina 2-0 in the third round after 7-6(8) and 6-3 sets and advanced to the next round.

In the women’s singles, seventh-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakh defeated Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 2-0 in the fourth round, 6-3, to reach the quarterfinals.

The Russian racket Daria Kasatkina, eighth seed, said goodbye to Roma after losing 2-1 against the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko in sets of 4-6, 6-4 and 0-6.

Meanwhile, due to the heavy rain that fell on the day in Rome, the organization of the tournament postponed the matches that were to be played in the afternoon until tomorrow.

The match between the world number 5 Greek racket Stefanos Tsitsipas and the host Lorenzo Sonego, in which he won the first set 6-3, was also one of the weather conditions.
World number 1 in women’s singles, the match of the Polish Iga Swiatek against the Croatian Donna Vekic in the 4th round was postponed due to heavy rain. (AA)