Coco Gauff needed to rally again. The American recovered from a set down for the third consecutive match in Rome, resisting a late surge from teenager Mirra Andreeva to prevail 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday.

Fifteen times this season Gauff has faced a one-set deficit and eight times she has reversed it. This victory marked her third straight comeback at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia and her fifth career win in five meetings with Andreeva.

Gauff often finds herself erasing large gaps. She trailed Solana Sierra 3-0 in the deciding set in the third round and earlier saved a match point against Iva Jovic on her way to the fourth round. Against Andreeva she lost the opening set, surged through the second and opened a 5-1 lead in the decider. The teenager responded by winning three straight games and saving two match points to pull the set back on serve.

The final game became a prolonged duel that went to seven deuces. Andreeva had five opportunities to level at 5-5 before Gauff closed the match on her fifth match point.

Gauff addressed her approach after the match with a focus on how she manages pressure. “For me, it’s [about] just not leaving the court with regrets,” she said.

She reflected on the danger posed by Andreeva and the narrow line between victory and elimination. “I know when I play her she can play great tennis at any moment,” Gauff said. “But I was also thinking, I saved a match point in the last round, so I could easily not be here today. I think I was just trying to appreciate just being here even if those match points weren’t going my way.”

On her mindset in the decisive moments she added, “I was trying to find the balance of being aggressive and just not missing,” “It’s a missed opportunity, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get another one, and [I was thinking that] hopefully with the math, one will go my way.”

Jannik Sinner advanced to the quarterfinals of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Andrea Pellegrino, closing the all-Italian fourth round in one hour and 29 minutes on Center Court. The top seed’s win halted Pellegrino’s career-best week after the qualifier’s strong run through the event.

Sinner has won 26 consecutive matches this season and remains unbeaten at Masters 1000 tournaments in 2026, extending his streak on this level to 31 matches. His most recent loss came on February 19, a three-set defeat to Jakub Mensik at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. At the Foro Italico he is yet to drop a set, having surrendered only two games to Alexei Popryin in an earlier round.

Pellegrino reached the main draw as a qualifier, upsetting Martin Landaluce in the final qualifying round before recording wins over No. 15 seed Arthur Fils (via retirement) and No. 20 seed Frances Tiafoe. Unseeded in qualifying and still outside the Top 100, the 29-year-old produced his best week on tour but was unable to match Sinner’s early intensity; Sinner secured a double-break lead in the opening set and closed out the match after breaking at 3-3 in the second.

“I’m very happy for him. He’s been working very hard,” Sinner said of Pellegrino during his on-court interview. “We played seven years ago on a definitely smaller court, so it’s nice. Of course, from an Italian point of view, it’s amazing we have so many Italians, but at the same time it’s a bit unfortunate because it’s the round of 16. But look, it was a very good match, I think, from both of us. Hopefully I’m ready for the quarterfinals.”

The top seed made history last week at the Mutua Madrid Open by becoming the first man to win five Masters 1000 titles in a row, a sequence dating back to the Rolex Paris Masters last fall. With Carlos Alcaraz sidelined by a wrist injury, Sinner is well placed to target titles in Rome and Roland Garros.

“I’m happy with how I’m trying to handle these situations,” Sinner said. “The stages are getting bigger, so I’m happy to put myself in these kinds of positions. A day off will be important for me to try and rest before the quarters.”

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.