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

The ace from Sesto Pusteria has always defeated the Norwegian player in official matches, but they have never faced each other on red clay and Ruud is back to play his best tennis as evidenced by his triumph at the Mutua Madrid Open a short time ago.

Made in the oven is OK. But shelf-stable foods made on the stove top are still largely banned in Wisconsin. Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, of Madison, faces charges of contributing to the delinquency of a child and providing a dangerous weapon to a person under 18.