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The bottom half of the draw kicked into action in the second round of the Italian Open in Rome on Saturday afternoon as world No. 6 Andrey Rublev swept past Slovak Alex Molcan in straight sets, 6-3 6-4. Molcan kept things tight, saving two of three break points in the first set and making just one unforced error, but was overcome in the decisive points.
Novak Djokovic has opened up on his relationship with Jose Mourinho after the Roma boss was seen watching the Serb at the Italian Open on Friday. A day earlier, Mourinho was in the dugout to mastermind his Roma side’s 1-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final. Ad Whether he gave his players the following day off is not clear, but the Portuguese took time out to take in a bit of the tennis in Rome.
Novak Djokovic had to battle through a sluggish opening set via a tie-break, but he then accelerated away from Tomas Martin Etcheverry to progress through to the third round at the Italian Open on Friday evening. The world No.
British No. 1 Cameron Norrie is safely through to the last 16 of the Rome Masters after the 13th seed beat qualifier Alexandre Muller in straight sets, while home favourite Jannik Sinner also progressed. Norrie has struggled on clay so far this season, winning just two matches in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Madrid combined.
ROME : World number one Novak Djokovic said Carlos Alcaraz is the man to beat on clay and is one of the top title contenders for the French Open.
Stanislas Wawrinka is through to the second round of the Italian Open for the 13th time in his career after a straightforward 6-2 6-4 win over Ilya Ivashka. The 38-year-old hit 26 winners and saved one break point to secure a comfortable victory. Ad The Swiss, who is the oldest player in the Rome draw, will play 26th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the second round.
Andy Murray has been handed a tricky first-round clash at the Italian Open against home favourite Fabio Fognini. Murray won his first title in almost four years with a comeback victory over Tommy Paul at Open Aix-en-Provence on Sunday. Ad But he has lost two of his last three meetings against Fognini, including when they met most recently in Shanghai in 2019.
Andy Murray, Dan Evans and Jack Draper have been drawn in the same section as top seed Carlos Alcaraz for Indian Wells. Evans will join the tournament in the second round, since he is among the top-32 seeds, and could face Draper in his first match. Ad The winner of that would play Murray, if the three-time Grand Slam champion beats Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Pablo Carreno Busta.