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Denis Shapovalov got the first men’s match on the Centrale Wednesday morning.

And though he served for the match against an Italian opponent who was rather … dramatically compromised physically, he couldn’t close the door.

Also: Gaël Monfils, Fabio Fognini and Diego Schwartzman represent the “Big 3” era.

Monfils goes down, as he often has since some early success in Rome back in the aughts.

WTA Roma – Wednesday, May 8, 2024 final results

(Rome is 6 hours ahead of EDT)

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Internazionali BNL d’Italia
Location: Rome, Italy
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Category: ATP 1000 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Dates: May 8 – 19, 2024
Prize money: €7,877,020
Draws: S96 – D32

Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round

Canadian content

Luciano Darderi (ITA) def [PR] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 67 (4) 63 76 (4)

 

Struggling through

Nuno Borges (POR) def Pedro Martinez (ESP) 67 (3) 64 76 (8)

Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) def Sebastian Ofner (AUS) 63 26 76 (4)

 

Rolling on

[Q] Terence Atmane (FRA) def Christopher Eubanks (USA) 64 64

Flavio Cobolli (ITA) def. [Q] Maximilian Marterer (GER) 64 62

Yannick Hanfmann (GER) def Jakub Mensik (CZE) 63 62

Pavel Kotov (RUS) def Alex Michelsen (USA) 61 61

[Q] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) def Gaël Monfils (FRA) 62 75

Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) def. Fabian Marozsan (HUN) 63 62

Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) def [Q] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 62 62

Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) def. Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) 62 75

 

Suspended

Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) vs. [Q] Francesco Passaro (ITA) – 76 (3) 56 – suspended

 

Cancelled

Roman Safiullin (RUS) vs. [LL] Corentin Moutet (FRA)

Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) vs. [Q] Brandon Nakashima (USA)

[WC] Giulio Zeppieri (ITA) vs. [WC] Matteo Gigante (ITA)

Dan Evans (GBR) vs. [WC] Fabio Fognini (ITA)

 

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ATP Roma – Tuesday, May 7, 2024 final results

WTA Roma – Tuesday, May 7, 2024 final results

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