ROME -- Jannik Sinner played through exhaustion and maintained his focus overnight to beat Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 when their rain-delayed semifinal resumed Saturday to extend his winning streak to 28 matches and set up an Italian Open final against Casper Ruud.
The top-ranked Sinner is one victory away from becoming only the second man after Novak Djokovic to win all nine Masters 1000 titles.
Rome is the only event in the Masters series -- the biggest outside the Grand Slams -- that Sinner hasn't won. Djokovic has won each Masters event at least twice.
Sinner led 4-2 in the third set when the match was suspended late Friday. The Italian finished off the match quickly when play resumed Saturday, sealing it on his third match point after Medvedev had managed to fend off two on his serve.