Italian tennis writes history even without Jannik Sinner: for the first time we have three tennis players in the Roland Garros quarter-finals (and the doubles also advance)

He was right Jannik Sinner when he said that Italy’s tennis team is a very strong team even without him: for the first time in our history, even without the world number 1, we have three tennis players in the quarter-finals of Roland Garros, something that has never happened in the history of our country (and in general in any Grand Slam tournament). But not only that: our double also advances Bolelli Vavassori (always in the quarterfinals) and the mixed doubles Vavassori/Errani (who reaches the semi-finals).

Matteo Berrettini, Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Arnaldi they will play the Roland Garros quarter-finals tomorrow 3 June, unfortunately with the Berrettini vs Arnaldi derby which will eliminate one of them, but at the same time bring the other to the semi-final. June 1, 2026 is a date we will remember for a long time.

Eliminated Sinner due to an evident illness on the court which prevented him from playing at his level, Italian tennis did not give in, with repeated victories for singles and doubles players.

Flavio Cobolli

3 sets to 1 for our Flavio, who thus eliminates the American Zachary Svajda (but he could have also closed it 3:0). The world number 10 thus becomes the sixth Italian to reach the quarter-finals of at least two men’s Slams in the Open Era.

Matteo Berrettini

Incredible and timeless Matteo: every now and then he is considered finished (often by keyboard lions), our tennis player is not surprised, climbing back up the slope once again and beating the Argentine 3:0 Juan Manuel Cerundolo who had defeated Sinner in the second round (even if the term “defeat” is perhaps not the most suitable given the health situation in which the number 1 in the world found himself).

Matteo Arnaldi

In the evening, the other Matteo also gives us a splendid surprise, who, after a battle of over 5 hours, eliminates the world number 19 Francis Tiafoe 3:2, reaching the quarter-finals of a Slam for the first time in his career.

Andrea Vavassori/Simone Bolelli

What more can we say about these two immense doubles players? After conquering the Internazionali d’Italia and the Mater 1000 in Miami, Vavassori and Bolelli don’t stop: they are also in the quarter-finals of Roland Garros, after the 2:0 to the Paul/Willis pair.

Andrea Vavassori/Sara Errani

Vavassori also wants the mixed doubles with the timeless Sara Errani: the couple, reigning Roland Garros champions, are in the semi-finals after beating the Danilina/Tracy doubles 2:0.

World tennis – we can now say – speaks Italian.