India, May 16 -- Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev will return to court on Saturday after their dramatic semifinal at the Italian Open was suspended because of heavy rain in Rome.

Tournament organizers confirmed the match will resume at 3 PM local time on Saturday, two hours before the scheduled women's final between Coco Gauff and Elina Svitolina.

Play was halted Friday night with Sinner leading 6-2, 5-7, 4-2 in the deciding set.

Rain had already disrupted action multiple times during the day at Foro Italico before conditions finally became unplayable late in the third set.

The semifinal was officially suspended shortly before 11 PM local time after organizers waited more than an hour hoping conditions would improve. At the time of t...