https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Italian Tennis Federation (FIT) reacted furiously to the government's ruling that next week's Rome Masters be played behind closed doors, describing the decision as an "enormous injustice". https://www.thelocal.it/20200908/anger-as-italian-tennis-championship-told-to-go-ahead-without-spectators Tue, 08 Sep 2020 19:38:08 +0200 anger-as-italian-tennis-championship-told-to-go-ahead-without-spectators Tennis players, like athletes everywhere, are finding inventive ways to train with courts closed and contact banned, but two youngsters in Italy have taken it to a higher level: the roof. https://www.thelocal.it/20200420/video-watch-italian-kids-play-tennis-across-the-rooftops-under-lockdown Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:08:18 +0200 video-watch-italian-kids-play-tennis-across-the-rooftops-under-lockdown Former world number one Serena Williams has pulled out of next week's Italian Open in Rome, organizers confirmed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180509/serena-williams-pulls-out-of-italian-open-rome Wed, 09 May 2018 14:59:53 +0200 serena-williams-pulls-out-of-italian-open-rome Part of the Italian Open will be played on the streets of Rome, organizers announced this week, unveiling plans to turn the Piazza del Popolo into an open-air tennis court. https://www.thelocal.it/20180412/rome-piazza-del-popolo-italian-open-tennis Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:55:43 +0200 rome-piazza-del-popolo-italian-open-tennis Lucas Pouille sent France into the Davis Cup semi-finals on the strength of his four-set defeat of Italy's Fabio Fognini in Genoa on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180408/pouille-sends-france-past-italy-and-into-davis-cup-semi-finals Sun, 08 Apr 2018 17:04:05 +0200 pouille-sends-france-past-italy-and-into-davis-cup-semi-finals In Genoa, Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert put defending champions France 2-1 up against Italy with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 win over Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli. https://www.thelocal.it/20180408/defending-champs-france-up-2-1-over-italy-in-davis-cup Sun, 08 Apr 2018 05:29:36 +0200 defending-champs-france-up-2-1-over-italy-in-davis-cup Over a glorious quarter of a century he starred for AC Milan on the football pitch, now at 49 years of age Paolo Maldini has qualified for a tennis tournament in Milan. https://www.thelocal.it/20170619/former-ac-milan-star-paolo-maldini-makes-a-comeback-as-a-tennis-player Mon, 19 Jun 2017 10:52:15 +0200 former-ac-milan-star-paolo-maldini-makes-a-comeback-as-a-tennis-player World number one Novak Djokovic faces his toughest test at the Australian Open so far on Friday when he takes on Italian Andreas Seppi, who stunned Roger Federer at the same stage last year. https://www.thelocal.it/20160122/djokovic-faces-italys-seppi-in-third-round-at-australian-open Fri, 22 Jan 2016 09:00:55 +0100 djokovic-faces-italys-seppi-in-third-round-at-australian-open Betting syndicates in northern Italy and Sicily allegedly made hundreds of thousands of euros through match-fixing at top tier tennis tournaments. https://www.thelocal.it/20160118/italy-implicated-in-tennis-match-fixing-scandal Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:19:06 +0100 italy-implicated-in-tennis-match-fixing-scandal US Open champion Flavia Pennetta could delay retirement from tennis by playing at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but says she won't "risk" partnering boyfriend Fabio Fognini in the mixed doubles. https://www.thelocal.it/20151216/retired-pennetta-hints-at-rio-return Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:13:20 +0100 retired-pennetta-hints-at-rio-return Roberta Vinci will compete with fellow Italian Flavia Pennetta for a Grand Slam at the US Open on Saturday after a stunning victory over Serena Williams in the semi-final on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150911/pennetta-and-vinci-in-all-italian-us-open-final Fri, 11 Sep 2015 23:41:07 +0200 pennetta-and-vinci-in-all-italian-us-open-final Two Italians have reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam event for the first time in the Open Era, with Roberta Vinci and Flavia Pennetta into the US Open last four. https://www.thelocal.it/20150910/two-italians-reach-semi-finals-at-us-open Thu, 10 Sep 2015 10:09:58 +0200 two-italians-reach-semi-finals-at-us-open Italian match-fixing pair Potito Starace and Daniele Bracciali were banned for life on Friday by the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT). https://www.thelocal.it/20150807/tennis-italian-pair-banned-for-life-over-match-fixing Fri, 07 Aug 2015 18:01:09 +0200 tennis-italian-pair-banned-for-life-over-match-fixing Swiss world number two Roger Federer survived a late fightback by Kevin Anderson on Thursday to book his place in the quarter-finals and a possible last four match-up with Rafael Nadal at the Italian Open. https://www.thelocal.it/20150515/federer-sets-up-possible-nadal-clash-in-rome Fri, 15 May 2015 10:07:12 +0200 federer-sets-up-possible-nadal-clash-in-rome Roger Federer defeated Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas for the second time this month as the Swiss legend began his campaign at the Italian Open with a 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 win on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150514/federer-and-murray-roll-on-in-rome Thu, 14 May 2015 10:20:03 +0200 federer-and-murray-roll-on-in-rome UPDATED: Unbeaten Andy Murray kept his clay-court purple patch alive on Wednesday, defeating Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Italian Open. https://www.thelocal.it/20150513/murray-wins-rome-opener-to-stay-unbeaten-on-clay Wed, 13 May 2015 16:14:28 +0200 murray-wins-rome-opener-to-stay-unbeaten-on-clay Andy Murray was reportedly ready to make a decision on whether to take part in the Italian Open after completing the best week of his career on clay with his first two titles on the surface. https://www.thelocal.it/20150512/anday-murray-set-to-decide-on-italian-open Tue, 12 May 2015 09:29:13 +0200 anday-murray-set-to-decide-on-italian-open Italian pair Potito Starace and Daniele Bracciali have been provisionally suspended for 40 days pending a corruption inquiry, Italian press said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150213/italian-tennis-stars-face-ban-for-match-fixing Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:48:17 +0100 italian-tennis-stars-face-ban-for-match-fixing Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia stunned the world's top doubles pairing to give France a shock Fed Cup win over Italy in Genoa on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150209/france-shock-italy-to-reach-fed-cup-semis Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:51:00 +0100 france-shock-italy-to-reach-fed-cup-semis Swiss legend Roger Federer was dumped out of the Australian Open by unseeded Italian Andreas Seppi in a major upset on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150123/federer-knocked-out-of-open-by-unseeded-seppi Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:08:00 +0100 federer-knocked-out-of-open-by-unseeded-seppi