Sinner's Italian Open semifinal with Medvedev interrupted by rain

Jannik Sinner's semifinal with Daniil Medvedev at the Italian Open was interrupted on Friday after rain began to fall in Rome, with the world No 1 leading 6-2, 5-7, 4-2.

Organisers said that play would not resume before 10.15pm local time (2015GMT), on a day in which both last four clashes in the men's tournament were affected by bad weather.

Casper Ruud's 6-1, 6-1 demolition of Luciano Darderi was paused for nearly two hours earlier on Friday after a thunderstorm rolled over the Italian capital.

Sinner is hunting a record-breaking sixth straight Masters 1000 tournament victory ahead of the French Open which starts later this month.