Tennis Update: Zverev Triumphs Over Fritz as Collins and Sabalenka Secure Semifinal Spots

In a day filled with intense quarter-final matches in Rome, top women’s tennis players battled it out in the Italian capital, followed by Alexander Zverev’s clash against Taylor Fritz.

22:44 CET – Alexander Zverev (27), seeded third, secures a spot in the semi-finals in Rome after defeating Taylor Fritz (26) with a score of 6-4, 6-3. He is set to face off against Alejandro Tabilo (26) in the next round.

The other semi-finalists will be determined tomorrow, with the remaining men’s quarter-final matches scheduled – refer to the schedule below.

21:05 CET – Continuing her impressive streak, Danielle Collins (30) claims her 19th victory in 20 matches by defeating Victoria Azarenka (34) with a score of 6-4, 6-3 in the quarter-finals. She is now set to challenge second seed Aryna Sabalenka (26) for a spot in the Saturday’s final.

Match stats available on Flashscore.

16:55 CET – Alejandro Tabilo (26) continues his dream run, defeating Zhizhen Zhang (27) with a score of 6-3, 6-4 to become the first men’s semi-finalist.

14:23 CET – Second seed Aryna Sabalenka (26) secures her place in the final four after a commanding victory over Jelena Ostapenko (26) with a score of 6-2, 6-4. Sabalenka will face the winner of Victoria Azarenka (34) and Danielle Collins (30) in the next round.

The other women’s semi-final will feature top seed Iga Swiatek (22) against third seed Coco Gauff (22) tomorrow.

11:00 CET – Exciting quarter-final matches await in both the men’s and women’s categories in Rome today. Here’s the schedule:

Jelena Ostapenko vs Aryna Sabalenka – 13:00 CET

Alejandro Tabilo vs Zhizhen Zhang – 15:00 CET

Victoria Azarenka vs Danielle Collins – 19:00 CET

Alexander Zverev vs Taylor Fritz – 20:30 CET

08:40 CET – Welcome to Flashscore’s coverage of today’s Italian Open action!

Stay tuned as the matches kick off at 13:00 CET.