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A good draw and some excellent tennis put Félix Auger-Aliassime into the quarterfinals earlier Thursday.

By nighttime, after being crushed 6-1 by Rafael Nadal in the first set, Denis Shapovalov kept his head up and stayed the court.

In the end, Nadal’s chronic foot injury reared its head and he limped to the finish of a 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 Shapovalov win.

Three Canadians in the quarterfinals of the singles in Rome (these two, along with Bianca Andreescu).

It’s a good week.

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Internazionali BNL d’Italia
Location: Rome, Italy
Category: ATP 1000 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Surface: Red Clay
Dates: May 9 – 15, 2022
Prize money: €6,008,725
Draws: S56 – D32

Thursday, May 12, 2022
Final results

Singles, third round

[8] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def [LL] Marcos Giron (USA) 63 62
[13] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) def [3] Rafael Nadal (ESP) 16 75 62

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. [PR] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 62 62
[2] Alexander Zverev (GER) def Alex de Minaur (AUS) 63 76 (5)
[4] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def. Karen Khachanov 46 60 63
[5] Casper Ruud (NOR) def. Jenson Brooksby (USA) 63 64
[10] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 62 76 (6)

Cristian Garin (CHI) def Marin Cilic (CRO) 63 46 64

Doubles, second round

John Isner (USA) / Schwartzman (ARG) def [5] Juan Sebastian Cabal / Robert Farah (COL) 63 36 [12-10]

[7] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Neal Skupski (GBR) def. Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 76 (3) 63

Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini (ITA) def. [ALT] Julio Peralta (CHI) / Franko Skugor (CRO) WALKOVER
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) / Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) def Matthew Ebden / Max Purcell (AUS) 63 64
Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) / Harri Heliovaara (FIN) def Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) / Frances Tiafoe (USA) 63 36 [10-8]
Ariel Behar (URU) / Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) def Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Ben McLachlan (JPN) 76 (5) 76 (3)

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