LONDON -- A day after yesterday’s bleak weather at Wimbledon looked like the end of the world, the sun came out. A day after Italian number one Jannik Sinner succumbed to Daniil Medvedev, Italy unexpectedly had reasons to cheer. The fragrantly named Jasmine Paolini, a virtual unknown earlier this spring, suddenly seems likely to reach the final at Wimbledon just as she reached the final at the French Open. Now ranked number seven in the world, she is scheduled to confront Donna Vekic in the semifinals.

  ROME -- A 52-year-old man was shot dead in a piazza in Arzana, Sardinia, Carabinieri have said on Wednesday. 

  Vincenzo Beniamino Marongiu, 52, was shot in Piazza Roma at around 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning in Arzana in the Nuoro province of Sardinia. Marongiu, a previous offender, was under special surveillance at the time of his death. 

  ROME -- A boat carrying 47 migrants sank during the hours of Saturday night and Sunday morning in international waters, Italy’s Financial Police have said. 

  Among the 47 people on board, 44 were rescued by a nearby Tunisian fishing boat. The 44 people rescued were then transferred to the CP319 patrol boat, which then took the migrants to the island of Lampedusa. 

  Searches for the three missing people are now underway, led by a patrol boat from the Financial Police. 

 LONDON -- When I started following the professional tennis tour, I set out with many misconceptions, none more ludicrous, I soon realized, than my assumption that since I was as passionately interested in travel as I was in tennis, the experience would prove to be doubly enjoyable. Although I knew I would spend much of each day watching matches and interviewing players, I imagined there would be ample opportunity for me—as well as the players—to visit famous museums and landmarks, lollygag in cafés, and sample the cuisine in celebrated restaurants.