Casper Ruud claimed the Madrid Masters crown. The Norwegian wished for more at the Rome Masters but experienced a humbling quarter-final defeat. Casper fell to world no. 1 Jannik Sinner 6-0 6-1 in 64 minutes,

Or maybe Jannik Sinner just likes playing against Casper Ruud.Whatever it was, the top-ranked Sinner cranked up his level to near-perfection in a 6-0, 6-1 dismantling of Ruud in the Italian Open quarterfinals on Thursday — a day after Sinner was granted a private audience with the new tennis-playing pope just down the road at the Vatican.

Ruud was supposed to be Sinner's toughest test in Rome since he came back from his three-month doping ban, as the Norwegian came into the match in hot form on clay after winning in Madrid earlier this month.