Iga Swiatek delivered a dominant clay-court performance to beat Naomi Osaka 6-2, 6-1 and move into the quarterfinals at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. The former world No. 1 surrendered just three games in a match that lasted one hour and 22 minutes on BNP Paribas Arena.

Swiatek set the tone from the start, applying pressure on return and generating break-point chances in each of Osaka’s eight service games, converting six across the two sets. “From the beginning till the end I knew what to do, and I did that great,” Swiatek said. “I was pretty confident with my game.”

Though the score was one-sided, the encounter featured heavy hitting from both players, with Swiatek not allowing Osaka to find a rhythm or settle into comfortable patterns.

“There’s something I could have done more, but I’m not really sure what,” Osaka said in an interview with the WTA Tour. “Obviously this match wasn’t ideal for me, but I’ll just take a couple days off to process it and figure out what I can do better next time.”

Swiatek entered the match leading their head-to-head 2-1. Their most memorable previous meeting came two years ago in Paris, where Osaka pushed Swiatek to three sets before the Pole rallied from 2-5 down in the third to win.

Both players are multiple major champions working to regain their best form. Osaka is back on tour after returning from maternity leave, while Swiatek has been navigating a winless 2026 campaign and dealing with pressure and burnout. With new coach Francisco Roig, formerly part of Rafael Nadal’s team, now in her corner, Swiatek has reached her third WTA 1000 quarterfinal of the season and her second clay-court quarterfinal of the year.

A three-time champion in Rome, Swiatek advances to face No. 5 seed Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals. Swiatek leads their head-to-head 6-5 and won their only previous clay-court meeting at Roland Garros in 2022 in straight sets. “Jess is always a tough opponent. She is already super experienced and always calm, playing in a solid way,” Swiatek said.

The Italian Open offers a packed day of quarterfinal intrigue, with another chapter added to the small but meaningful rivalry between Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva.

Gauff and Andreeva are 22 and 19, respectively, and their head-to-head already stretches to four meetings: three on clay and one in Rome a year ago. Across those matches Gauff has dropped just one set. Still, Andreeva’s spring form argues she is closing the gap. This season she has won a title and reached a 1000 final on clay, while Gauff has acknowledged a lack of motivation tied to personal issues. Twice this week Coco has engineered late comebacks to advance, but the momentum might favor the younger player. Winner: Andreeva

Estimated start time: 1:00 p.m. ET | 10:00 a.m. PT

A second quarterfinal pits two of the ATP’s most-discussed youngsters against each other: Learner Tien, 19, and Rafael Jodar, 20. Both have been labeled the tour’s Newcomer of the Moment in 2026. Tien’s season began with quarterfinals in Melbourne and Indian Wells and a rise to No. 21, but his clay momentum stalled. Jodar seized the opportunity and has been in strong form on the surface. Their only previous meeting came at the Next Gen Finals, where Jodar prevailed in five first-to-four-game sets. On clay, with Jodar’s attacking instincts and recent consistency, the edge goes to him. Winner: Jodar

Estimated start time: 6:10 a.m. ET | 3:10 a.m. PT

A third matchup to watch is Lorenzo Musetti versus Casper Ruud. Neither man is enjoying his best season; Musetti is 13-6 and Ruud 14-9, both sitting below career-high rankings. With Carlos Alcaraz no longer an obstacle in the draw, both players see renewed possibility on dirt. Each has a game built for clay and deep Roland Garros runs—Musetti to the semifinals and Ruud to the final. Neither has dropped a set at the Foro so far. Ruud leads the head-to-head 2-1 and is 2-0 on clay, but Musetti’s familiarity with this event and his ability to use the crowd worked to his advantage last year. Winner: Musetti

Start time: Not before 5:00 a.m. ET | 2:00 a.m. PT

Hamad Medjedovic, the 22-year-old Serbian and former NextGen ATP Finals champion, overturned a hostile atmosphere to defeat Joao Fonseca in a three-set match in Rome. After losing the first set, Medjedovic recovered to take the second and opened the decider with a 4-1 lead. The match tightened late as Fonseca fought back, recovering both breaks, saving a match point in the 10th game and moving ahead 6-5 before the final changeover.

Tension mounted with the crowd vocally behind Fonseca. At one point Medjedovic turned to chair umpire Jimmy Pinoargote and was heard saying, “Tell them to shut up and let me serve. I’ll play.” The official replied, “Listen, it’s gonna be loud. There’s gonna be some people talking. I’m trying my best to control them. Keep playing. You have to play.” Medjedovic responded on court by winning 11 of the final 12 points to close out a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(1) victory.

After shaking hands, Medjedovic directed a celebrated gesture at the stands: he mimicked a sleeping motion by putting his hands beside his face and then blew kisses toward the spectators. The motion echoes a now-famous “Night, Night” taunt popularized by NBA star Stephen Curry.

Medjedovic acknowledged the atmosphere in his on-court interview and framed it with a hint of irony as motivation. “It doesn’t usually happen that I get broken twice when I’m about to close the match,” he said. “It was not easy to go through them moments, but the crowd helped me a lot, his fans helped me a lot.”

He added, “They were … I’ll not comment on it. But they helped me a lot,” and concluded, “I think I was very, as some would say locked in after being down 6-5 in the third so I just kept quiet. Just wanted to give my best and that’s it so really happy to be through.”

Medjedovic, who counts Novak Djokovic among his idols, used the late-stage momentum and a composed tiebreak to silence a partisan crowd and advance.