Rafael Nadal He is the record champion of the Masters 1000 ATP in Rome with ten titles. six has Novak Djokovic. Between them they monopolized eleven consecutive editions. Neither the Spaniard nor the Serbian, both close to turning 38 and 37 years old, respectively, will be in the round of 16 of the current edition.
Both starred in a famous weekend at the Roman Foro Italico. On Saturday it was Rafa Nadal who was submitted by the Pole Hubert Hurkacz. A tough defeat, 6-1 and 6-3. On Sunday, the Chilean defeated Novak Djokovic, 6-2 and 6-3 Alejandro Tabilo. Although ‘Nole’ apologized for his actions based on the bottle crash he received two days before, which was uneventful but painful. He assured that he had not felt well during the match and that he will undergo medical tests.
Everything, two weeks before the start of the most open Roland Garros in a long time. Djokovic defends his crown far from his best moment, as is also particular the situation of Nadal, fourteen-time king in Paris. And the natural successors, Carlos Alcaraz y Jannik Sinneron leave but working to be in the French capital after two problems with his right forearm and hip, respectively.
Rome is left with a round of 16 with less flash due to those four absentees, but it maintains two tournament champions in its draw. The current one, the Russian Daniil Medvedevand the one from 2017, the German Alexander Zverev.
Two of the main favorites, along with the Russian Andrey Rublevthe best in Madrid, and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, which triumphed in Monte Carlo. It is a land of opportunities.
More demand for now is the women’s tournament, in which Paula Badosa will face the test this Monday Coco Gauff, what with Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka forms the current WTA world podium. The fourth and current champion of Rome, the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, He dropped out of the competition at the last minute due to illness.
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It had been a year, since Rome 2023, that Badosa had not won three games in a row. It was then when he discovered that he was suffering from a stress fracture in a vertebra, the moment when back problems began that are now chronic.
This Monday, not before 1:00 p.m., you will know more about how your progress is going.
The round of 16 of the ATP in Rome
UPPER PART OF THE PICTURE
Alejandro Tabilo (Chi)-Karen Khachanov (Rus/16)
Zhizhen Zhang (Chn)-Thiago Monteiro (Bra)
Alexander Zverev (Ale/3)-Nuno Borges (Por)
Taylor Fritz (USA/11)-Grigor Dimitrov (Bul/8)
LOWER PART OF THE FRAME
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre/6) or Cameron Norrie (GBR/27) Felix Auger-Aliassime or Alex and Miñaur (Aus/9)
Stefano Napolitano (Ita) or Nicolás Jarry (Chi/21) vs. Alexander Muller (Fra) or Andrey Rublev (Rus/4)
Hubert Hurkacz (Pol/7) o Tomás Etcheverry (Arg/25) vs. Sebastián Báez (Arg/17) o Holger Rune (Din/10)
Tommy Paul (USA/14) over Dominik Koepfer (Ale) vs. Hamad Medjedovic (Serb) over Daniil Medvedev (Rus/2)
The round of 16 of the WTA in Rome
UPPER PART OF THE PICTURE
Iga Swiatek (Pol/1) – Angelique Kerber (Ale)
Madison Keys (USA/18)-Sorana Cirstea (Rum)
Coco Gauff (USA/3)-Paula Badosa (Esp)
Naomi Osaka (Jap)-Qinwen Zheng (Chn/7)
LOWER PART OF THE FRAME
Maria Sakkari (Gre/5)-Victoria Azarenka (Blr/24)
Danielle Collins (USA/13)-Irina Camelia Begu (Rum)
Rebecca Sramkova (Svk)-Jelena Ostapenko (Let/9)
Elina Svitolina (Ucr/16)-Aryna Sabalenka (Blr/2)
2024-05-13 05:00:00
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