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ATP Tour Brief: May 14, 2026

Roland Garros Withdrawals Mount as Clay Season Winds Down

The French Open withdrawal list continues to grow just days before the tournament begins. Lorenzo Musetti has pulled out of Roland Garros with a rectus femoris injury sustained in Rome, where he admitted to competing "despite not being 100%." The Italian, who reached his first ATP Masters 1000 final in Monte Carlo this spring, joins Carlos Alcaraz and six other players on the withdrawal list. The world No. 2's absence remains the headline story, reshaping the Roland Garros draw before it's even released. Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic has confirmed he will not participate in any tournaments before the French Open, prompting Andy Roddick to make a "bold bet" regarding the Serbian's prospects at the clay court major.

Rome Delivers Drama as Semifinals Set

The Italian Open quarterfinals provided memorable theater, including a bizarre interruption when smoke from the nearby Coppa Italia football final at Stadio Olimpico forced a 20-minute suspension of the Luciano Darderi-Rafael Jodar match. When play resumed, the all-Italian crowd witnessed Darderi claw past Jodar 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-0 in a three-hour, eight-minute battle that finished at 2:02 a.m., booking his first Masters 1000 semifinal on home soil. The 19-year-old Jodar's run—which made him the youngest Rome quarterfinalist in 21 years and the first teenager since Novak Djokovic in 2007 to reach multiple Masters 1000 quarterfinals in a season—finally ended. Casper Ruud also advanced to the semifinals after weathering a rain delay and Karen Khachanov's second-set resurgence to win 6-1, 1-6, 6-2, returning to No. 20 in the rankings. Thursday's semifinals feature Jannik Sinner against Andrey Rublev and Martin Landaluce facing Daniil Medvedev on Campo Centrale.

Sources: Tennis World USA · Tennis.com · Tennis365 · ATP Tour · ATP Tour · ATP Tour · ATP Tour

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