Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy, ATP Masters 1000

[Moxie]

Rafa last year played awful and without any injury, do you know that? but what I've read through a good source it doesn't look good. If you think it doesn't look good what I say then I can't do anything about it, just try to ignore what I've said

OK, I'll ignore what you said.

 

[britbox]

Berdych through 6/3 6/4 over Ramos-Vilanos.

Mahut giving Cuevas more trouble than I expected. One set each and 3-3 in the decider.... I expected Cuevas to take this pretty comfortably.

 

[mrzz]

Cuevas just lost to Mahut... I was expecting MUCH more from him in the clay season. Pretty disappointing... Mahut is a below average player on clay. Now Belucci gets a winable second round (I was already counting him out).

 

[britbox]

Cuevas just lost to Mahut... I was expecting MUCH more from him in the clay season. Pretty disappointing... Mahut is a below average player on clay. Now Belucci gets a winable second round (I was already counting him out).

Ditto. Was expecting much more from Cuevas after a decent South American campaign. I thought this match was a foregone conclusion. Poor loss.

 

[britbox]

Thiem and Zverev playing doubles together. Interesting. They're up a set v Feliciano and Marc Lopez.

 

[britbox]

Kohli progresses with a 6/4 6/2 win over Cervantes. Always enjoyed watching Kohli - nice all round game.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

is zverev/Federer on today ?..some rather damp weather around over there just now.

didn't see the match on for today..must be tomorrow then.

 

[mrzz]

is zverev/Federer on today ?..some rather damp weather around over there just now.

didn't see the match on for today..must be tomorrow then.

All the big boys play tomorrow.

 

[britbox]

(4) Stan Wawrinka DEFEATS Benoit Paire 5/7 6/2 6/1
(6) Kei Nishikori DEFEATS Viktor Troicki 5/7 6/2 6/3
(8) Tomas Berdych DEFEATS Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6/3 6/4
(12) David Goffin DEFEATS Jack Sock 6/4 6/4
Juan Monaco DEFEATS Kevin Anderson 3/6 6/3 6/2
Lucas Pouille DEFEATS Ernests Gulbis 3/6 6/4 7/5
David Ferrer DEFEATS Filippo Volandri 4/6 7/5 6/1

 

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[britbox]

All the big boys play tomorrow.

Yep, the big boys are in town, ready to play., Let's get ready to rumble...

 

[Moxie]

As if Novak needs the help, he gets qualifier Robert, then the winner of Bellucci/Mahut. Pfft. Murray's tomorrow also should be straightforward. Fed/Zverev less so. And Nadal gets the tricky Kohly, but should be fine.

 

[masterclass]

I doubt Roger will play, but we'll see.
Maybe his back will improve overnight.

Respectfully,
masterclass

 

[Billie]

As if Novak needs the help, he gets qualifier Robert, then the winner of Bellucci/Mahut. Pfft. Murray's tomorrow also should be straightforward. Fed/Zverev less so. And Nadal gets the tricky Kohly, but should be fine.

Nobody gave Vesely chances in MC but he won. I am always a bit nervous when Nole plays his first match in a new tournament. The conditions are different from Madrid and Robert already played a few matches here. I am not taking anything for granted.

Fed vs Zverev could be interesting. It depends on how Roger feels.

 

[Billie]

Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Day 5
CENTER COURT Starts at 12:00 noon
2nd Rd (3) Roger Federer VS Alexander Zverev
Followed By
2nd Rd (1) Novak Djokovic VS (Q) Stephane Robert
Not Before 7:30 pm
2nd Rd Philipp Kohlschreiber VS (5) Rafael Nadal

GRANDSTAND

Not Before 12:00 noon
2nd Rd Joao Sousa VS (13) Dominic Thiem
Followed By
2nd Rd (Q) Mikhail Kukushkin VS (2) Andy Murray
Not Before 7:00 pm
2nd Rd Guillermo Garcia-Lopez VS (9) David Ferrer

PIETRANGELI

2nd Rd (11) Richard Gasquet VS Andreas Seppi
Followed By
2nd Rd (10) Milos Raonic VS Nick Kyrgios

Court 2
2nd Rd Nicolas Mahut VS Thomaz Bellucci
Followed By
2nd Rd (15) Roberto Bautista Agut VS Jeremy Chardy

 

[Moxie]

Nobody gave Vesely chances in MC but he won. I am always a bit nervous when Nole plays his first match in a new tournament. The conditions are different from Madrid and Robert already played a few matches here. I am not taking anything for granted.

Fed vs Zverev could be interesting. It depends on how Roger feels.

You're within your rights to feel nervous, as a fan, though you'll understand if most of us look down our noses at that. :scratch:Conditions do change from Madrid to Rome, and, in the videos that BB put up, both Novak and Rafa managed not to really address that at all. They've both had a lot of success in Rome, so their potential QF match up will be the anticipated match of the tournament.

I'm not convinced that Roger will get past Zverev, and masterclass seems to think he might even bail. Any intel on that? Anyone?