# Tennis: World number one Jannik Sinner is through to the last 16 of the Italian Open, following his 6-4, 6-2 victory over Dutch lucky loser Jesper de Jong. Sinner’s win maintains a bid to end a 49-year wait for an Italian winner of the men’s tournament in Rome. Sinner’s compatriot Matteo Berrettini was trailing Norwegian Casper Ruud, 7-5, 2-0, before he retired with injury. In the women’s draw, world number one Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, American Coco Gauff, and Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina are through to the quarterfinals.
Tennis: Sinner, Sabalenka, Ruud and Gauff progress in the Italian Open