Italian Open 2026 Day Nine Recap

Day 9 on the Foro Italico belonged to the highest seeds, with each Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev advancing to the semi-finals in contrasting style.

Sinner continued his extraordinary dominance by dismantling Andrey Rublev, extending his Masters 1000 profitable streak to 32 matches and breaking Novak Djokovic’s earlier document.

In the meantime, Medvedev confirmed his preventing spirit and expertise, getting back from a set and a break down in opposition to younger fortunate loser Martin Landaluce to achieve his second semi-final of the season.

The semi-finals are bow set with Sinner versus Medvedev in what has usually been an interesting battle of types however has just lately change into one-sided in Sinner’s favour, and residential hero Luciano Darderi taking over Casper Ruud.

Day 9 Italian Open 2026 Quarter-Remaining Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Rating

Jannik Sinner (1)
Andrey Rublev
6-2 6-4

Daniil Medvedev (7)
Martin Landaluce (LL)
1-6 6-4 7-5

Match Recap

Jannik Sinner (1) def. Andrey Rublev (12) 6-2 6-4

Jannik Sinner cruised into the semi-finals on the Italian Open with a commanding straight-sets victory over Andrey Rublev.

The World No. 1 was scientific for almost all of the match, mixing highly effective baseline tennis with sharp attacking play.

Though he dropped his serve for the primary time within the event (after main 4-1 within the second set), Sinner shortly regained management and closed out the win in a single hour and 32 minutes.

This was Sinner’s thirty second consecutive ATP Masters 1000 victory, surpassing Novak Djokovic’s earlier document of 31.He grew to become solely the second participant (after Rafael Nadal in 2010 and 2011) to achieve the semi-finals on the first 5 Masters 1000 occasions of a season, and he stays on monitor to finish the Profession Golden Masters if he wins the title in Rome.

Sinner appeared sharp and composed all through, even in tough situations, and continues to make profitable at this stage look routine. Rublev doesn’t do something higher than Sinner, so I don’t see how he might have gained this one.

Match Stats

Key Stats
Jannik Sinner
Andrey Rublev

Winners
19
12

Unforced Errors
18
28

Aces
4
1

Double Faults
2
0

1st Serve %
49% (28/57)
54% (32/59)

1st Serve Factors Gained
75% (21/28)
50% (16/32)

2nd Serve Factors Gained
59% (17/29)
56% (15/27)

Break Factors Saved
67% (2/3)
20% (1/5)

Service Video games
89% (8/9)
56% (5/9)

1st Return Factors Gained
50% (16/32)
25% (7/28)

2nd Return Factors Gained
44% (12/27)
41% (12/29)

Break Factors Gained
80% (4/5)
33% (1/3)

Return Video games
44% (4/9)
11% (1/9)

Strain Factors
75% (6/8)
25% (2/8)

Service Factors
67% (38/57)
53% (31/59)

Return Factors
47% (28/59)
33% (19/57)

Internet Factors
83% (5/6)
80% (8/10)

Complete Factors
57% (66/116)
43% (50/116)

Max Factors In A Row
8
4

Service Video games
89% (8/9)
56% (5/9)

Return Video games
44% (4/9)
11% (1/9)

Complete Video games
67% (12/18)
33% (6/18)

Max Video games In A Row
5
2

Highlights

Daniil Medvedev (7) def. Martin Landaluce (LL) 1-6 6-4 7-5

Daniil Medvedev battled again from a set and a break down to achieve the semi-finals of the Italian Open, defeating the fortunate loser Martin Landaluce in a topsy-turvy quarter-final.

Landaluce exploded out of the gates, dominating the primary set 6-1 with clear winners and intelligent drop photographs.

Medvedev may not be at his peak lately, however he’s a fantastic tactician, and he step by step discovered his rhythm within the second set and levelled the match, although a 14-minute rain delay added to the disruption.

Within the deciding set, Landaluce broke early and led 3-2, however Medvedev produced a top-drawer backhand return winner to interrupt again and swing the momentum.

Regardless of failing to transform his first three match factors at 5-4, the previous Rome champion stayed composed and sealed the victory on his fourth match level after two hours and 22 minutes.

Can he bother Sinner? It appears an age since he dominated that H2H, and I don’t see him actually having it in him. The one method is that if he could make it bodily and check out Sinner’s legs after he confirmed a couple of indicators of fatigue right this moment.