Carlos Alcaraz and Jasmine Paolini win big in Rome. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Jannik Sinner, 7-6 (5), 6-1, to win his first Italian Open on Sunday and add another big clay-court title to his résumé.
It was the Spaniard's fourth win in a row over the World No. 1, who was competing in his first event since returning from a three-month doping suspension.
Meanwhile, Jasmine Paolini beat Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2 in the women’s singles final on Saturday to become the first Italian player to win the tournament in 40 years -- and first little person to ever do so. She then came back on Sunday and became the first woman since Monica Seles in 1990 to win both the singles and doubles titles in Rome -- and the first player to do so in any WTA 1000 series tournament since Vera Zvonareva at Indian Wells in 2009.
Every time I think I'm being too hard on Coco she plays a match like this -- replete with a head-scratching 12+ games in unforced errors. I guess the fact that she's No. 2 in the world really speaks to incredible ability to compete despite the fact that her game is stacked against her.
In men's doubles, Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic saved a match point to win their third Masters 1000 title of the season with a 6-4, 6-7, 13-11 win over Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul.
But even though they narrowly lost in the final, people can't stop talking about Reboul and Doumbia's semifinal victory celebration in Rome!
Elsewhere around the net ...
I could die happy if I got to see Marcos Giron in his underwear. But until then, his pecs will do.
Manspread Monday with sex bomb Luciano Darderi
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Fellow sexpot Camilo Ugo Carabelli
Another good week for dreamy Jack Draper
Casper Ruud cakes
Grigor Dimitrov turns 34
And it looks like he's got a hot tamale on his hands
Tommy Paul lets it all(most) hang out
Peek-a-belly
Color coordinated Nico Mahut and Pierre Hugues
Otto Virtanen in flight
Joran Vliegen and Ariel Behar defeated Hendrik Jebens and Robin Haase in the Turin Challenger final
Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski in Rome
Mitchell Krueger isn't shooting blanks
Alexis Galarneau is ready to go
Francisco Cabral and Lucas Miedler claim a second title of the season, defeating Bhambri/Galloway 7-6(1), 7-6(2) in Bordeaux
Filippo Baldi and Fabio Fognini in Paris
Dino Prizmic wins the Zagreb Open ...
over an injured Luca Van Assche
I want to know more about Tommy Fabiano's friends
Recruiting Dennis Novak
One happy guy with Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori
Fede Gomez
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Federico Bove and Carlitos
I'm not sure I'd heard of Bove before this year and now I can't get enough
Big 'n' thicc in Alcaraz's box
Novak Djokovic is giving it another go this week in Geneva
Ivar Jose Aramburu Contreras and model David Zepeda
Jaime Faria and friends
Cristian Garin wins the Oeiras Open. The former top 20 Chilean will arrive at the French qualies with 10 consecutive wins and two Challenger titles under his (tired) belt
Adam Jones is in love
I'm hot for David Quayle ...
... and friends
Nikoloz Basilashvili reached the final at the Challenger in Bordeaux
Return of the hot Zverev
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Big David Vega Hernandez and a growing Andy Mies were winners in Oeiras, Portugal
Brayden Schnur looking dapper
Pavic ass
Big Mate tails Big Joe
Joe and Neal
Fede Gomez & friends
Tomas Machac
Mr. Gams
Flavio Cobolli
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Giovanni Tocci, Flavio Cobolli e Lorenzo Marsaglia(!)
Evan "Champagne" King and Christian Harrison
Pedro Martinez and Edu Esteve in Hamburg
Andrea Vavassori and Andres Molteni in Turin
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Zizou Bergs has a big appetite
Ian Luca Lee and the boys
Fun with Albano Olivetti
Juan Martin del Potro at the Fiaca Academy
Chris Eubanks getting some pointers from Andy Roddick, Chris Eaton and Phillip Gresk in Charlotte
My heart belongs to Zlatan Dzumhur
Handsome Hubert Hurkacz took out Mensik in Rome
Tracy Austin's oldest son (Dylan Holt) got married -- and musical guest Clayton Mullen made everyone wanna be a cowboy
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The Djokovic-Andy Murray Project is over
Yannick Hanfmann and friends
Argentina's own Matias Descotte
Scenes from UCLA
Your weekly reminder that Paula Badosa left him for this!
I can finally relax now that Carlos is seeded second at the French Open, where he has to be considered the favorite
And look at poor Iga, all the way down to No. 5
By the numbers
What scares me about Sabalenka's lead is that she could lose all four majors this year and still wind up No. 1
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