Rome

Djokovic Remains Undefeated Against Del Potro On Clay

ROME, May 18, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) When World No. 1 Novak Djokovic met the No. 7 seed Juan Martín del Potro in the last quarterfinal round contest of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia Friday night at Foro Italico, it was […]

Pliskova Fights Past Azarenka To Reach Semi-Finals In Rome

ROME, May 17, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) Players were forced to do double duty on Thursday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia after Wednesday’s entire line-up was washed away because of rain. Ahead of Friday’s quarter-finals, therefore, the players felt the […]

Frenzied Thursday Turns Into Fallout Friday In Rome

ROME, May 17, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) The fallout from the Internazionali BNL d’Italia’s frenzied Thursday schedule – in which the men’s Big Three of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, among many, played two matches to get the […]

Craziest Day Of Tennis Stays On Schedule At Foro Italico

ROME, May 16, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) With a complete washout of Wednesday’s play, the road to the Internazionali BNL d’Italia title in Rome will require the all-time greats – World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, World No. 2 Rafael Nadal and […]

Fognini Starts Home Campaign In Rome With Win

ROME, May 14, 2019 Fabio Fognini opened his home campaign at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome on Monday evening with a straight-sets win over former Top 5 player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. The No. 10 seed won 54 per […]

This Week On The ATP Tour – CW20

STARNBERG, May 13, 2019 The Internazionali BNL d’Italia is the third and final clay-court ATP Masters 1000 event of the year. Rafael Nadal is an eight-time champion in Rome, and he claimed the title last year for the first time since 2013 […]

Nadal Reigns Again In Rome; Wins His Eighth Italian Open Title

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) As Alexander Zverev attempted to lift a championship trophy for the third consecutive week, the 21-year-old German knew that if anyone could stop his 13-match winning streak, it would be Rafael Nadal. Unfortunately for […]

This Time In Rome, Nadal Didn’t Let Shapovalov Beat Him

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) #NextGenATP rising star and new Canadian No. 1 Denis Shapovalov celebrated the biggest win of his young and promising career on a summer evening at last August’s ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rogers Cup in Montreal, stunning Rafael Nadal, […]