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On the last possible day for a Rome debut, Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime swings into action, against a potentially tough customer in Botic Van de Zandschulp.
It’s not likely to take place until the afternoon EDT, as the fourth match on scenic Pietrangeli court.
No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev and No. 10 Holger Rune (who is playing an Italian), got Centrale slots along with the highly anticipated second-round match between Rafael Nadal and No. 7 seed Hubert Hurkacz.
Nadal didn’t have much on the day, beaten easily while Medvedev got past a potentially tough one against Jack Draper.
(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
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Final results
Singles, second round
Canadian content
[18] Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def [Q] Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) 61 76 (6)
Upsets
Dominik Koepfer (GER) def [22] Frances Tiafoe (USA) 64 62
[Q] Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) def [30] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 76 (4) 64
[Q] Alexandre Muller (FRA) def [31] Arthur Fils (FRA) 75 63
Seeds scuffling
[4] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. Marcos Giron (USA) 57 64 75
[6] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 67 (1) 64 64
[27] Cameron Norrie (NOR) def. Jaume Munar (ESP) 63 16 63
Seeds rolling
[2] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def. Jack Draper (GBR) 75 64
[7] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def. [PR] Rafael Nadal (ESP) 61 63
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) def. Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 63 62
[10] Holger Rune (DEN) def. Luca Nardi (ITA) 64 64
[14] Tommy Paul (USA) def. Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 64 62
[17] Sebastian Baez (ARG) def. Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 76 (3) 76 (6)
[21] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) def. Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) 62 76 (6)
[25] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) def. Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) 63 75
Other results
[WC] Stefano Napolitano (ITA) def. [LL] Juncheng Shang (CHN) 67 (3) 61 60
Doubles, first round
[3] Rajeev Ram (USA) / Joe Salisbury (GBR) def. Sebastian Korda (USA) / Jordan Thompson (AUS) 46 62 [10-8]
[5] Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def. Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withdrow (USA) 64 76 (1)
[8] Hugo Nys (MON) / Jan Zielinski (POL) def Ariel Behar (URU) / Adam Pavlasek (CZE) 63 36 [10-7]
Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Mate Pavic (CRO) def. Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) [ALT] John-Patrick Smith (AUS) / Cristian Rodriguez (COL) 64 62
Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) def. [ALT] Christopher Eubanks (USA) / John Peers (AUS) 76 (4) 63
Alexander Bublik (KAZ) / Ben Shelton (USA) def Marcelo Melo (BRA) / Alexander Zverev (GER) 26 63 [10-7]
Rafael Matos (BRA) / Andres Molteni (ARG) def. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) / Pedro Martinez (ESP) 63 60
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