Coco Gauff played aggressively throughout to advance to the last four at the clay-court tournament for the third time.

The Spaniard also bagged a top-two seeding at the French Open which begins later this month, but in the meantime the four-time Grand Slam winner continues his bid for a first Rome crown.

Laura Robson believes Jack Draper was ‘frustrated’ mentally and got ‘a bit down on himself’ in Wednesday’s Italian Open defeat to Carlos Alcaraz. The British No.1 aimed a tirade at his coaching team in the stands as Alcaraz defeated him 6-4 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the event in Rome.