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The men don’t start their first round of the main draw until Wednesday, as they’re a day behind the women on the overall schedule with a Sunday final (the women’s final is Saturday).

With all the upsets Monday, it’s a bit sparse but look for 22-year-old Alexander Shevchenko, who just made the top 100 for the first time against 18-year-old Frenchman Arthur Fils, who’s not far behind him. The younger man won.

Will anyone from this lot have great main-draw runs later in the week, as so many did in Madrid?

All will be revealed.

WTA Rome – Tuesday, May 9, 2023 final results

(Rome is six hours ahead of EDT).

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Internazionali BNL d’Italia
Location: Rome, Italy (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Category: ATP 1000
Dates: May 9 – 21, 2023
Prize money: €8,637,966
Draws: S96 – D32

Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Final results
Qualifying, final round

(First-round opponents in brackets)

[2] Daniel Altmaier (GER) def. Elias Ymer (SWE) 76 (5) 60 ([WC] Giulio Zeppieri)
[7] Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG) def. [20] Tomas Barrios Vera (ARG) 63 61 ([Q] Arthur Fils)
[WC] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) def Emilio Nava (USA) 46 76 (4) 75 (Arthur Rinderknech)
[17] Arthur Fils (FRA) def [4] Alexander Shevchenko (RUS) 63 64 ([Q] Juan Manuel Cerundolo)
[9] Yannick Hanfmann (GER) def. [18] Hugo Grenier (FRA) 64 64 (Nicolas Jarry)
[12] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) def. Jan Choinski (GBR) 62 62 (Jaume Munar)
[21] Fabian Marozsan (HUN) def. Felipe Meligeni Alves (BRA) 75 61 (Corentin Moutet)
[23] Pedro Martinez (ESP) def. Francesco Maestrelli (ITA) 60 62 (Alexander Bublik)
[3] Alexandre Muller (FRA)def. Franco Agamenone (ITA) 60 61 ([PR] Kyle Edmund)
[WC] Stefano Napolitano (ITA) def Maxmilian Marterer (GER) 46 75 75 (Alex Molcan)
[1] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) def Andrea Pellegrino (ITA) 60 76 (3) (Christopher O’Connell)
[13] Roman Safiullin (RUS) def. Vit Kopriva (CZE) 62 76 (3) (Marcos Giron)