It will be a super Thursday at the Italian internationalsto be followed live on Sky Sport e in streaming su NOW until May 19th. Thanks to the matches postponed yesterday due to rain, they are scheduled for today 47 singles matches – between men and women – with 14 Italians on the field. He will open the Vavassori program on the Grand Stand Arena against Koepfer, in the evening it will be the turn of Sonego and Nardi. In addition to the Italians, today will also be Rafael’s day Nadal, at the last participation of his career at the Foro Italico. The former no. 1 in the world, ten times winner in Rome, will make his debut on the Centrale against the Belgian Zizou Mountain, n. 108 in the world coming from the qualifiers. In the women’s tournament, however, the first round is completed in the lower part (among the various matches those of Errani and Cocciaretto), but the second round also begins in the upper part of the scoreboard. The big names enter the scene, including the n. 1 in the world Iga Swiatek. Fresh from the title in Madrid, the Pole will face the American Bernarda Pera in the first match of the evening session.
The matches to follow on Sky Sport and NOW
Sky Sport Uno (201 – until 8pm)
- ore 11: Noskova (Jun) – Stefanini (Ita) (Nicolodi-Reggi)
- 1pm: Bergs (Bel) – Nadal (Esp) (Nicolodi-Reggi)
- followed by: Machac (Cze) – Arnaldi (Ita) (Pero-Bertolucci)
- followed by: Gauff (USA) – Frech (Pol) (Pero-Bertolucci)
- followed by: Evans (GBR) – Fognini (Ita) (Ferrero-Rossi)
Sky Sport Tennis (203)
- ore 11: Koepfer (Ger) – Vavassori (Ita) (Paventi-Cotto)
- to follow: Zarazua (Mex) – Cocciaretto (Ita) (Sugoni-Cotto)
- following: Napolitano (Ita) – Wolf (USA) (Lupi-Cotto)
- 7pm: Swiatek (Pol) – Pera (USA) (Boschetto-Golarsa)
- to follow: Lajovic (Srb) – Sonego (Ita) (Boschetto-Golarsa)
Sky Sport Arena (204)
- ore 12: Rinderknech (woman) – I’ll pass (Ita) (Sugoni-Pescosolido)
- following: Gigante (Ita) – Zeppieri (Ita) (Sugoni-Pescosolido)
- followed by: Draper (Gbr) – Coric (Cro) (Lupi-Pescosolido)
- in serata: Altmaier (Ger) – Nardi (Ita) (Ferrero-Rossi)
All matches with Sky Sport Plus and EXTRA Match
Sky Sport Plus is available for Sky customers, where you can follow the spectacle of the great men’s and women’s challenges in a richer, more engaging and simple way. Just go to the Sky Sport Tennis channel at 203 and, with the green button on the Sky Q remote control via satellite or the Sky Glass interactivity button, if connected to the internet, access the live images from the playing fields of the tournaments acquired by Sky , curated and created by ATP and WTA and in addition, in the section Rankingsview the ATP and WTA singles rankings in real time. EXTRA Match is available for NOW customers, the service that provides additional channels to access live images from the playing fields, curated and created by ATP and WTA.
