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ROME – This bedraggled edition of the Italian Open comes to a close on Sunday – almost a miracle considering how much rain there was. And lucky in the sense that so many parts of Italy were devastated by flooding because of it.

Daniil Medvedev making the final of a Masters 1000 on clay is a nice twist in the tale. And if he wins it he’ll jump over Novak Djokovic and be the No. 2 seed at Roland Garros.

For Rune, a career-high No. 6 beckons.

And then, there is the early start for the final Roland Garros tuneups.

WTA Tour – Sunday, May 21, 2023 order of play

(Rome is six hours ahead of EDT).

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Internazionali BNL d’Italia
Location: Rome, Italy (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Category: ATP 1000
Dates: May 9 – 21, 2023
Prize money: €8,637,966
Draws: S96 – D32

Sunday, May 21, 2023
Final results

Men’s singles final

[3] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def [7] Holger Rune (DEN) 75 75

Men’s doubles final

Hugo Nys (MON) / Jan Zielinski (POL) def Robin Haase / Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) 75 61

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Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon
Location: Lyon, France
Category: ATP 250
Dates: 21 – 27, 2023
Prize money: €630,705
Draws: S28 – D16

Sunday, May 21, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

Gregoire Barrere (FRA) def. Corentin Moutet (FRA) 64 62
Jack Draper (GBR) def. Alexandre Muller (FRA) 62 63
Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) def. Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 36 76 (7) 64

Doubles, first round

[4] Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) def. Andre Goransson (SWE) / Ben McLachlan (JPN) 76 (5) 76 (3)

Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

Lloyd Harris (RSA) def. Beibit Zhukayev (KAZ) 63 62 (Arthur Rinderknech)
[4] Pablo Llamas Ruiz (ESP) def. [WC] Matteo Martineau (FRA) 76 (7) 63 (Max Purcell)
Alvaro Lopez San Martin (ESP) def. [ALT] Ugo Blanchet(FRA) 63 63 (David Goffin)
[1] Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) def. [7] Oriol Roca Batalla (ESP) 62 67 (8) 61 ([WC] Arthur Fils)

[LL] Oriol Roca Batalla (ESP)([5] Miomir Kecmanovic)

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Gonet Geneva Open
Location: Rome, Italy (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Category: ATP 250
Dates: May 21 – 27, 2023
Prize money: €630,705
Draws: S28 – D16

Sunday, May 21, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

Marco Cecchinato (ITA) def. [5] Ben Shelton (USA) 75 26 62

Christopher Eubanks (USA) def [WC] Benoit Paire (FRA) 76 (2) 63

Doubles, first round

[4] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Michael Venus (NZL) def. Roberto Carballes Baena / Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) 63 62

Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

Daniel Rincon (ESP) vs. [1] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 36 64 63 (Qualifying, final round) (Roberto Carballes Baena)
[6] Vitaliy Sachko (UKR) def. [3] Alessandro Giannessi (ITA) 75 62 (Qualifying, final round) ([7] Bernabe Zapata Miralles)
Nino Serdarusic (CRO) def. [2/WC] Arthur Cazaux (FRA) 64 46 76 (10) (Qualifying, final round) (Christopher O’Connell)
Stefano Travaglia (ITA) def. Viktor Durasovic (NOR) 64 62 (Qualifying, final round) ([6] Tallon Griekspoor)