World number one Djokovic saw off Monte Carlo Masters champion Tsitsipas to claim the last major tournament before Roland Garros gets underway later this month.
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The four-time Grand Slam champion suffered the injury in her opening match in Madrid earlier this month, before struggling in a second-round loss to Sara Sorribes Tormo.
The Spaniard recovered from a potentially dangerous fall after tripping over a raised line to take the latest installment of the most-played rivalry in modern men’s tennis.
The world number one came through 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the final of the clay-court tournament he has won four times.
The nine-times Rome champion, who had won all nine previous meetings against Schwartzman, struggled with his serve throughout the match.
The American’s bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title ended with a defeat to Victoria Azarenka at Flushing Meadows on Thursday, a match in which she took a medical timeout to have her left ankle re-taped due to the Achilles problem.
After pulling out of last week’s Italian Open due to injury, world number one Naomi Osaka admitted she has had a “rocky” claycourt season heading into the French Open.
Rafael Nadal proved on Sunday that he would still be the man to beat when the French Open begins later this month.
Roger Federer has pulled out of his Italian Open quarter-final clash against Stefanos Tsitsipas due to an injury in his right leg, organisers said on Friday in Rome.
Serena Williams pulled out of the Italian Open on Tuesday due to a persistent knee injury which casts doubt on her participation in the French Open that begins later this month.
Serena Williams was forced to withdraw from the Internazionali BNL d’Italia ahead of her second-round clash with sister Venus Williams citing a continuing left knee injury, the tournament announced on Tuesday.
Venus Williams will take on her sister Serena in the second round of the Italian Open after battling past Elise Mertens 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4) in Rome on Monday.
Serena Williams will make her long-awaited return to the Italian Open this year, along with several other big-name players.
Chung withdrew from the Lyon Open in the French city on Tuesday, a day before he was to face the 75th-ranked Gilles Simon in the round of 16.
Nadal had his work cut out for him to beat defending champion Alexander Zverev, coming back after a rain delay to win 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
Sunday’s 6-1 1-6 6-3 victory over German Alexander Zverev on the Rome dirt ensured the 31-year-old would leapfrog Roger Federer and become world number one for a sixth time ahead of the French Open.
World number one Halep came through a tough three-set semi-final against Maria Sharapova on Saturday and was well off the pace, failing to coax even a single break point opportunity the entire match.
It is the second successive event the 23-time grand-slam winner has pulled out of, having also decided not to play this week in Madrid.
The withdrawal has cast doubts over the 36-year-old’s participation in the French Open beginning later this month.
The 30-year-old five-time Grand Slam champion has not played since May 16 when she retired with a thigh problem from her second-round match at the Italian Open