Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev were the last top-10 survivors at the Rome Open ATP on Day Eight, as Alexander Zverev and Lorenzo Musetti exited in a day that thinned the field fast. Musetti’s defeat was the most jarring of the lot, not just because of the scoreline but because it left his next major stop in doubt.
Musetti said after the heavy loss, “I don’t know if I will play in Paris,” casting uncertainty over Roland Garros and raising an immediate question for the clay season. That is the backdrop to a day that left Sinner and Medvedev as the only top-10 players still standing in Rome, while two more big names were sent out before the tournament reached its next phase.
For Rome Open 2026, the headline is simple enough: the draw has already been stripped down to its strongest remaining names, and the exits of Zverev and Musetti changed the shape of the event in a single session. Sinner’s presence matters most for the home crowd, while Medvedev’s survival keeps one of the sport’s most reliable contenders in the conversation as the week moves on.
There was also a separate Rome Open WTA Quarterfinals Round-Up involving Coco Gauff, Mirra Andreeva, Sorana Cirstea and Jelena Ostapenko, but that competition sits apart from the ATP story that unfolded on Day Eight. The sharper tension remains Musetti’s health and schedule, because his own words left open whether he will be ready for Paris at all.
What happens next is no longer about the men who left Rome. It is about whether Musetti can recover quickly enough to make Roland Garros, and whether Sinner or Medvedev can turn an attritional Day Eight into a path toward the title.
