Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka bow out of Italian Open, Serena Williams marches on in Rome – in pictures

Roger Federer’s Rome Masters bid ended with a 7-6, 6-4 third-round defeat to Austrian 13th seed Dominic Thiem, as world No 1 Serena Williams sailed into the Italian Open quarters on Thursday.

Here is a selection of some of the best images out of the event in Rome on Thursday.

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