Rain battered Rome on Friday, May 15, 2026, and sent the Italian Open Tennis 2026 into another delay as Jannik Sinner prepared for his semifinal against Daniil Medvedev at the Foro Italico. Sinner had begun training on the courts in the early afternoon, but the weather soon worsened and forced him back inside with coaches Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi.
Many fans and enthusiasts crowded around the court to watch Sinner practice before the rain cut the session short. The first semifinal, between Luciano Darderi and Casper Ruud, was abandoned after just five games, underlining how heavily the day at the Rome Masters 1000 had been affected by the weather.
The interruption came on a day when the capital was already being hit by rain, and it disrupted both match play and training at the Foro Italico. Sinner was due later to face Medvedev in the semifinals, a matchup that had drawn extra attention because of the home crowd’s focus on the Italian player.
The rain left organizers trying to salvage a packed semifinal day, but the conditions had already taken control of the schedule. For Sinner, the immediate question was not the quality of his form but whether the weather would allow the court to stay playable long enough for the program to go on.
