Daniil Medvedev reached the semifinals of the Italian Open, beating Yannick Hanfmann of Germany 6–2, 6–2 in straight sets. The Russian tennis player will face the winner of the match between Tsitsipas and Coric on Saturday.
Casper Ruud reached the semifinals of the Rome tournament by beating Francisco Cerundolin straight sets or 7-6, 6-4. On Saturday Ruud will face Holger Runand that eliminated Novak Djokovic.
On the women's side, Poland's world No. 1 Iga Swiatek withdrew, visibly sore in her right knee, during the third set of her quarter-final match against Kazakh Elena Rybakina (No. 6). Swiatek won the first set 6-2 and lost the second 6-7 (3/7). At the time of his retirement it was 2-2.
The Italian Tennis and Padel Federation has arranged a minute of recollection before all the matches of the Internazionali Bnl d'Italia scheduled today on the courts of the Foro Italico for the victims of the Emilia-Romagna flood and to express solidarity with the populations hard hit.