Overview

• Italy beat France 2-0 in the Hopman Cup group stage thanks to wins by Lucia Bronzetti over Chloé Paquet and Flavio Cobolli over Richard Gasquet to secure a final berth.
• The Hopman Cup final against Canada takes place on Sunday, July 20, in Bari with Cobolli slated to face Felix Auger-Aliassime and Bronzetti matched against Bianca Andreescu.
• Luciano Darderi captured his third ATP title by defeating Jesper De Jong 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the Bastad ATP 250 final to rise to world No. 46.
• Darderi’s ranking climb gives Italy an unprecedented seven players inside the ATP top 50, underscoring the nation’s growing talent pipeline.
• World No. 1 Jannik Sinner withdrew from the Toronto Masters 1000 to rest after Wimbledon and plans to return at the Cincinnati Masters, a strategy also adopted by Novak Djokovic and Jack Draper.