In the women's draw, Coco Gauff will be hoping to follow up her thumping win over Raducanu by beating Mirra Andreeva, while Aryna Sabalenka faces a similarly tricky test against Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen.

Musetti, playing in front of a passionate Italian crowd, saved multiple set points and captured the opener in a tense tiebreak. Zverev’s visible irritation grew in the second set, with his outburst toward the umpire drawing attention and potentially affecting his focus during critical moments.

Plastic sheets cover the field during a thunderstorm prior to the start round of sixteen match between Jannik Sinner and Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome,

On Wednesday evening, Qinwen Zheng defeated Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets of the Italian Open quarterfinal: 6-4, 6-3. It was Zheng's first win against Sabalenka in seven attempts, and Sabalenka lost her cool with a fan during the intense match.

Zheng, meanwhile, remained unfazed by the drama and maintained her focus, edging closer to a potential breakthrough title.

Zheng Qinwen earned her first victory over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-3 to set up an Italian Open semifinal match against Coco Gauff.

Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand are out of the Italian Open women's doubles tournament after a 6-2, 4-6, 11-9 quarterfinal loss to Russians Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider on Wednesday.

Janik Sinner continued his bid to win his first Italian Open in front of his home crowd by qualifying for the quarterfinals.It was a third consecutive straight-set victory for the Sinner who defeated Francisco Cerundolo 7-6,