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No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic was back in action Friday, after skipping the Masters 1000 in Madrid.
He got an … interesting assignment in lucky loser Corentin Moutet, who came up with one of the most fun matches in Madrid (in defeat) in a late-night marathon against Juncheng Shang. There were antics, but in the end it was fairly routine.
While it’s a bit strange that Alexander Zverev is the No. 3 seed, he is – in the absence of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. He was also on the schedule, along with No. 5 seed Casper Ruud.
Ruud won his first set with a bagel and then … went down.
Cana-Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, seeded at a Masters 1000 for the first time, beat Yannick Hanfmann and now gets a big one vs. Djokovic.
(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
Friday, May 10, 2024
Final results
Singles, second round
Canadian content
[29] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) def. Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 63 76 (4)
Retirements
[Q] Terence Atmane (FRA) def [26] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 75 10 retd
Upsets
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def [5] Casper Ruud (NOR) 06 64 64
Nuno Borges (POR) def [15] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 64 64
Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) def [19] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 61 63
[Q] Francisco Passaro (ITA) def [23] Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 46 63 76 (5)
Luciano Darderi (ITA) def [28] Mariano Navone (ARG) 63 62
[Q] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) def [32] Jordan Thompson (AUS) 61 63
Seeds scuffling
[12] Ben Shelton (USA) def. Pavel Kotov (RUS) 46 63 64
[24] Sebastian Korda (USA) def Flavio Cobolli (ITA) 76 (6) 46 64
Seeds rolling
[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. [LL] Corentin Moutet (FRA) 63 61
[3] Alexander Zverev (GER) def. Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 60 64
[8] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def. Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 75 64
[11] Taylor Fritz (USA) def. [WC] Fabio Fognini (ITA) 63 64
[16] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def. Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) 64 64
[20] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) def [WC] Matteo Gigante (ITA) 61 63
Doubles, first round
[6] Kevin Krawietz / Tim Puetz (GER) def. Alex de Minaur / Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 57 63 [10-1]
[7] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Nikola Mektic (CRO) def. Robin Haase (NED) / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 57 62 [11-9]
Jamie Murray (GBR) / Michael Venus (NZL) def. Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 64 63
Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) def. [WC] Jacopo Bilardo / Giorgio Ricca (ITA) 64 62
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