The wait is over as world No 1 Jannik Sinner returns to action in his first event following his three-month suspension after a doping ban.
Sinner will be making his first competitive appearance since he defeated Alexander Zverev in the Australian Open final on January 26 and will play his first match on Saturday May 10.
The Italian is preparing to return to the sport after agreeing a three-month ban with the World Anti-Doping Agency over the positive tests he returned last March for a banned steroid.
Sinner was initially cleared of blame after it was accepted the substance entered his body via a product used by his then physio during a massage, but WADA appealed the decision.
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Jannik Sinner says his three-month doping ban was unfair because he is innocent
In February, less than a month after winning his third Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, it was announced he had accepted the short suspension, which will run out on May 5.
The case has provoked strong reactions from inside and outside the sport, with many arguing Sinner has received preferential treatment, although he has always maintained he did not do anything wrong.
Sinner is on a 21-match winning streak dating back to a final loss against Carlos Alcaraz in Beijing at the beginning of October and still has a lead of close to 2,000 points at the top of the rankings.
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Tim Henman says that Sinner’s three-month ban from tennis seems ‘too convenient’ and leaves a ‘sour taste’ for the sport
When is the Italian Open 2025?
The women’s draws at the Italian Open gets underway on Tuesday, May 6, while the men’s draws are set to start from Wednesday, May 7.
The event will run until finals weekend on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 May.
Day sessions will begin at 10am, with evening sessions starting at 6pm
Which British tennis players will be competing at the Italian Open 2025?
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Emma Raducanu says her new, more relaxed mindset is helping her improve
Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter, and Sonay Kartal will headline the British entrants into the main draw of the women’s singles after coming off the back of wins at the Mutua Madrid Open.
Raducanu has been particularly impressive after showing signs of her best tennis in a run to the quarter-finals at the Miami Open in March and then backing it up in Madrid with a win against Suzan Lamens before taking Marta Kostyuk to three sets.
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Jack Draper is arguably the best men’s player in the world right now
In the men’s draw, Indian Wells champion Jack Draper will enter as the sixth seed as the Briton continues to build on his successful 2025 season so far.
Draper is set to play his first match on Friday May 9.
Draper has shown his ability on the clay with a run to the final of the Madrid Open and he will be hoping to go one step further in Rome.
Jacob Fearnley also has direct entry into the main draw, coming off the back of a brilliant run in Madrid – coming through qualifying to reach the third round and claiming his best career win by ranking over Tomas Mahac.
Jodie Burrage, Cameron Norrie and Billy Harris will all feature in singles qualifying action.
What’s the schedule?
Qualifying: Monday, May 5 and Tuesday, May 6 at 10am
Main Draw: Wednesday, May 7 – Sunday, May 18
Women’s singles final: Saturday, May 17, not before 5pm
Men’s singles final: Sunday, May 18, not before 5pm
Who’s in and who’s out?
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Highlights of the Barcelona Open final between Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune
Carlos Alcaraz is expected to return, but there are still doubts over the Spaniard’s fitness as he recently missed the Madrid Open due to a leg injury.
Novak Djokovic is out as he has opted to skip the tournament in order to focus on the French Open. That means we won’t see coach Andy Murray in his corner.
On the WTA side, reigning Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova is the biggest casualty as she remains sidelined with a back injury.
The top 32 players in the current WTA Rankings have all entered while Grand Slam winners Raducanu and Naomi Osaka’s positions in the rankings were good enough for direct entries.
Where is the Italian Open taking place?
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Spectators fill the stands of centre court at the picturesque Foro Italico
The tournament will once again be held at one of the country’s biggest sports complexes – the Foro Italico.
Located in the heart of Rome, the stadium is home to two iconic courts and has the capacity to hold over 10,500 spectators.
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Highlights of Iga Swiatek against Aryna Sabalenka in last year’s Rome final
Women’s singles: Iga Swiatek (POL)Men’s singles: Alexander Zverev (GER)Men’s draw
Round of 128
Jannik Sinner (Ita) vs Bye
Mariano Navone (Arg) vs Federico Cina (Ita)
Qualifier vs Zizou Bergs (Bel)
Bye vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Esp)
Francisco Cerundolo (Arg) vs Bye
Hugo Gaston (Fra) vs Nicolás Jarry (Chi)
Roberto Carballés Baena (Esp) vs Qualifier
Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs Bye
Ben Shelton (USA) vs Bye
Jaume Munar (Esp) vs Qualifier
Aleksandar Vukic (Aus) vs Qualifier
Sebastian Korda (USA) vs Bye
Matteo Berrettini (Ita) vs Bye
Jacob Fearnley (Gbr) vs Fabio Fognini (Ita)
Alexander Bublik (Kaz) vs Roman Safiullin
Bye vs Casper Ruud (Nor)
Taylor Fritz (USA) vs Bye
Gabriel Diallo (Can) vs Marcos Giron (USA)
Mattia Bellucci (Ita) vs Pedro Martínez (Esp)
Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) vs Bye
Jakub Mensik (Cze) vs Bye
Arthur Rinderknech (Fra) vs Matteo Gigante (Ita)
Fabian Marozsan (Hun) vs Joao Fonseca (Bra)
Andrey Rublev vs Bye
Tommy Paul (USA) vs Bye
Matteo Arnaldi (Ita) vs Roberto Bautista Agut (Esp)
Learner Tien (USA) vs Reilly Opelka (USA)
Bye vs Tomas Machac (Cze)
Felix Auger Aliassime (Can) vs Bye
Nuno Borges (Por) vs Qualifier
Luca Nardi (Ita) vs Flavio Cobolli (Ita)
Bye vs Alex de Minaur (Aus)
Jack Draper (Gbr) vs Bye
Yunchaokete Bu (Chn) vs Luciano Darderi (Ita)
Benjamin Bonzi (Fra) vs Quentin Halys (Fra)
Bye vs Sebastian Baez (Arg)
Ugo Humbert (Fra) vs Bye
Rinky Hijikata (Aus) vs Corentin Moutet (Fra)
Daniel Altmaier (Ger) vs Francisco Comesana (Arg)
Bye vs Holger Rune (Den)
Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) vs Bye
Francesco Passaro (Ita) vs Qualifier
Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) vs Qualifer
Karen Khachanov vs Bye
Alex Michelsen (USA) vs Bye
Laslo Djere (Ser) vs Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Arg)
Yoshihito Nishioka (Jap) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger)
Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) vs Bye
Hamad Medjedovic (Ser) vs Qualifier
Jordan Thompson (Aus) vs Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (Fra)
Bye vs Brandon Nakashima (USA)
Alexei Popyrin (Aus) vs Bye
Qualifier vs Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA)
Christopher O’Connell (Aus) vs Qualifier
Daniil Medvedev vs Bye
Arthur Fils (Fra) vs Bye
Tallon Griekspoor (Ned) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser)
Jiri Lehecka (Cze) vs Alexandre Muller (Fra)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) vs Bye
Denis Shapovalov (Can) vs Bye
Damir Dzumhur (Bih) vs Qualifier
Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Arg) vs Qualifier
Alexander Zverev (Ger) vs Bye
Round of 64
Jannik Sinner (Ita) vs TBC
TBC vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spa)
Francisco Cerundolo (Arg) vs TBC
Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs TBC
Ben Shelton (USA) vs TBC
Sebastian Korda (USA) vs TBC
Matteo Berrettini (Ita) vs TBC
Taylor Fritz (USA) vs TBC
Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) vs TBC
Jakub Mensik (Cze) vs TBC
Andrey Rublev vs TBC
Tommy Paul (USA) vs TBC
TBC vs Tomas Machac (Cze)
Felix Auger Aliassime (Can) vs TBC
TBC vs Alex de Minaur (Aus)
Jack Draper (Gbr) vs TBC
TBC vs Sebastian Baez (Arg)
Ugo Humbert (Fra) vs TBC
TBC vs Holger Rune (Den)
Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) vs TBC
Karen Khachanov vs TBC
Alex Michelsen (USA) vs TBC
TBC vs Carlos Alcaraz (Esp)
Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) vs TBC
USA vs Brandon Nakashima (USA)
Alexei Popyrin (Aus) vs TBC
Daniil Medvedev vs TBC
Arthur Fils (Fra) vs TBC
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) vs TBC
Denis Shapovalov (Can) vs TBC
Alexander Zverev (Ger) vs TBC
Women’s draw
Round of 128
Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) vs Bye
Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) vs Anastasia Potapova (Rus)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) vs Katie Boulter (Gbr)
Bye vs Sofia Kenin (USA)
Leylah Fernandez (Can) vs Bye
Qualifier vs Tyra Caterina Grant (Ita)
Alexandra Eala (Phi) vs Marta Kostyuk (Ukr)
Bye vs Daria Kasatkina (Rus)
Elena Rybakina (Kaz) vs Bye
Moyuka Uchijima (Jpn) vs Eva Lys (Ger)
Bianca Andreescu (Can) vs Federica Urgesi (Ita)
Bye vs Donna Vekic (Cro)
Magdalena Frech (Pol) vs Bye
Victoria Azarenka (Blr) vs Camila Osorio (Col)
Katerina Siniakova (Cze) vs Olga Danilovic (Srb)
Bye vs Qinwen Zheng (Chn)
Coco Gauff (USA) vs Bye
Arianna Zucchini (Ita) vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs Belinda Bencic (Sui)
Bye vs Magda Linette (Pol)
Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) vs Bye
Qualifier vs Emma Raducanu (Gbr)
Lucrezia Stefanini (Ita) vs Veronika Kudermetova (Rus)
Bye vs Amanda Anisimova (USA)
Emma Navarro (USA) vs Bye
Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) vs Xinyu Wang (Chn)
Qualifier vs Qualifier
Bye vs Clara Tauson (Den)
Linda Noskova (Cze) vs Bye
Kimberly Birrell (Aus) vs Sonay Kartal (Gbr)
Qualifier vs Viktoriya Tomova (Bul)
Bye vs Mirra Andreeva (Rus)
Jasmine Paolini (Ita) vs Bye
Giorgia Pedone (Ita) vs Lulu Sun (Nzl)
Petra Kvitova (Cze) vs Irina-Camelia Begu (Rou)
Bye vs Ons Jabeur (Tun)
Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) vs Bye
Rebecca Sramkova (Svk) vs McCartney Kessler (USA)
Lucia Bronzetti (Ita) vs Anastasija Sevastova (Lat)
Bye vs Karolina Muchova (Cze)
Diana Shnaider (Rus) vs Bye
Caroline Dolehide (USA) vs Sorana Cirstea (Rou)
Alycia Parks (USA) vs Jaqueline Cristian (Rou)
Bye vs Yulia Putintseva (Kaz)
Elise Mertens (Bel) vs Bye
Suzan Lamens (Ned) vs Renata Zarazua (Mex)
Ashlyn Krueger (USA) vs Qualifier
Bye vs Jessica Pegula (USA)
Madison Keys (USA) vs Bye
Varvara Gracheva (Fra) vs Qualifier
Peyton Stearns (USA) vs Nuria Brancaccio (Ita)
Bye vs Anna Kalinskaya (Rus)
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) vs Bye
Marie Bouzkova (Cze) vs Mayar Sherif (Egy)
Sara Errani (Ita) vs Naomi Osaka (Jpn)
Bye vs Paula Badosa (Esp)
Elina Svitolina (Ukr) vs Bye
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Esp) vs Ann Li (USA)
Qualifier vs Qualifier
Bye vs Liudmila Samsonova (Rus)
Danielle Collins (USA) vs Bye
Qualifier vs Polina Kudermetova (Rus)
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Ita) vs Elina Avanesyan (Arm)
Bye vs Iga Swiatek (Pol)
Round of 64
Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) vs TBC
Sofia Kenin (USA) vs TBC
Leylah Fernandez (Can) vs TBC
Daria Kasatkina (Rus) vs TBC
Elena Rybakina (Kaz) vs TBC
Donna Vekic (Cro) vs TBC
Magdalena Frech (Pol) vs TBC
Qinwen Zheng (Chn) vs TBC
Coco Gauff (USA) vs TBC
Magda Linette (Pol) vs TBC
Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) vs TBC
Amanda Anisimova (USA) vs TBC
Emma Navarro (USA) vs TBC
Clara Tauson (Den) vs TBC
Linda Noskova (Cze) vs TBC
Mirra Andreeva (Rus) vs TBC
Jasmine Paolini (Ita) vs TBC
Ons Jabeur (Tun) vs TBC
Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) vs TBC
Karolina Muchova (Cze) vs TBC
Diana Shnaider (Rus) vs TBC
Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) vs TBC
Elise Mertens (Bel) vs TBC
Jessica Pegula (USA) vs TBC
Madison Keys (USA) vs TBC
Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) vs TBC
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) vs TBC
Paula Badosa (Esp) vs TBC
Elina Svitolina (Ukr) vs TBC
Liudmila Samsonova (Rus) vs TBC
Danielle Collins (USA) vs TBC
Iga Swiatek (Pol) vs TBC
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