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Italian tennis continues to make noise on the big stages

Fernando Murciego - 18 Aug 2025
Jannik Sinner and Jasmine Paolini, protagonists in Cincinnati. Source: Getty

It seems like we tell the same story every week, but it's a story we had never told until this season. Tell me about a major tennis tournament where Italian players reached both the men's and women's singles finals. In the entire Open Era, you can only find two instances, and interestingly, both have occurred in the last quarter. First in Rome 2025 and now in Cincinnati 2025, always with the same protagonists: Jannik Sinner and Jasmine Paolini. Three months ago, on the clay courts of Rome, she won and he lost. Let's see what happens tonight in Ohio and what role Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek play.

This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, El tenis italiano sigue haciendo ruido en los grandes escenarios