TENNIS - Rafa Nadal won his seventh crown in Rome by sweeping aside Roger Federer in the much-awaited final which failed to live up to expectations. Nadal dropped just four games in a one-sided match which lasted just 1 hour and nine minutes. Diego Sampaolo

TENNIS - Serena Williams conquered the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome after a perfect match against Vika Azarenka. Williams won in straight sets 6-1 6-3 to take her back-to-back clay title after clinching the victory in Madrid. Diego Sampaolo

TENNIS - The final of the 2013 women’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia will be played by world number 1 Serena Williams and world number 3 Vika Azarenka. The American defeated Halep and the Belarusian ended Sara Errani's dream of a title in her home tournament. Diego Sampaolo

TENNIS - Federer defeats Janowicz. Serena crushes Suarez Navarro. Nadal and Azarenka drop a set. Berdych ousts the world number one and Maria Sharapova withdraws due to illness. From Rome Monique Filippella

TENNIS - Seven years after the last Rome final between Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal, the two big rivals will renew their battle in Sunday’s final at the Foro Italico. Nadal leads 19-10 in the previous head-to-head matches and lost just two of their previous 14 matches on clay. Diego Sampaolo

TENNIS - Serena Williams extended her winning streak to 22 consecutive winning matches after sweeping aside Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2 6-0 in just 56 minutes. She will play Romanian qualifier Halep in the semifinal. Errani benefitted from a walk over as Masha withdrew to become the first Italian in 27 years to reach the semifinals in Rome. Diego Sampaolo

TENNIS - Roger Federer played a solid quarter final match against Jerzy Janowicz booking his berth in the semifinal of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia with a 6-4 7-6 win. Rafael Nadal won against David Ferrer 6-4 4-6 6-2. Diego Sampaolo

TENNIS – Tomas Berdych defeated world number 1 Novak Djokovic 2-6 7-5 6-4 in the quarter finals of the BNL Internazionali D'Italia in Rome. The Serb was two points away from victory at 5-3, 30-15 in the second set. It will be the Czech's first semifinal in Rome. Lucia Hoffman

TENNIS - The third round of the WTA Premier in Rome was highlighted by Jelena Jankovic who is returning to her best form this year by beating Li Na 7-6 7-5. Serena Williams and Sharapova continue their dominance by defeating Cibulkova and Stephens. Diego Sampaolo

TENNIS - Rafa Nadal survived a big scare after losing the first set 1-6 to win a hard-fought battle against Latvian Ernests Gulbis with the scoreline of 1-6 7-5 6-4 in two hours and 38 minutes in the third round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome.  Diego Sampaolo