“Masters 1000 de Rome: Carlos Alcaraz vies for World No. 1 spot, Tsitsipas and Rublev enter tournament”

The Masters 1000 de Rome continues this Saturday with the end of the second round and the entry into the running of several headliners including that of the favorite. Carlos Alcaraz crushes everything in its path since Barcelona. As he celebrated his 20th birthday a few days ago, the Spaniard achieved the formidable feat of winning Madrid his fourth Masters 1000 victory in as many finals. With this double Barcelona-Madrid, alcaraz returned to five small points of Novak Djokovic. A victory at Rome will allow him to become world number 1 again! No fatigue whatsoever for the prodigy who will start his tournament this Saturday against Albert Ramos Vinolas. The latter had pushed ‘Carlitos’ to the fifth set at Roland-Garros last year.

Video – Carlos Alcaraz crowned at the Mutua Madrid Open 2023

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Medvedev, Tsitsipas and Rublev enter the tournament, Zverev-Goffin…

Stefanos Tsitsipas has been playing excellent tennis since the start of the season on clay but is not getting the expected results. The Greek lost in the quarter-finals to Montecarloin the final at Barcelona and again in quarters at Madrid in the face of the surprising Jan-Lennard Struff. The 5th player in the world has still not opened his title counter in 2023 and intends to remedy this Rome. Beaten in the final by Novak Djokovic last year, the Greek arrives in the Italian capital with no other objective than to lift the trophy a few weeks from Roland-Garros. It will measure up to Nuno Borges for his entry into the running this Saturday. The latter, 88th player in the world, has had a lot of trouble finding his rhythm since the start of the clay court season.

Andrey Rublev failed to chain to Madridreaching a third consecutive final after the tournament of Montecarlo And the one of Banja Lukain Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Russian fell in the round of 16 against his friend and doubles partner Karen Khachanov. A blessing in disguise, Rublev was able to release the pressure for a few days. Beaten as soon as he entered the competition last year, the Russian returns with the spirit of revenge. He will challenge the Slovak Alex Molcan this Saturday, a player he easily dismissed in Banja Luka recently. The meeting between Alexander Zverev To David Goffin also looks interesting. Semi-finalist last year, the German must perform to ensure his seeded status at Roland-Garros. Seeded n°3, Daniil Medvedev will have to be wary of the Finn Emil Ruusuvuorifaller ofUgo Humbert at the end of a marathon in the 1st lap.

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Italians and Americans will be in sight

The Italian armada present in Rome does not disappoint. They will be four to play at Foro Italico this Saturday to advance to the 3rd round. Seeded No. 18, Lorenzo Musetti returns home two years after its last participation. The 21-year-old wants to suffer his setback when he joins Madrid and will start against a compatriot of his generation, Matthew Arnaldi. The latter had scalped Casper Ruud last week and arrives in full swing after a victory against Diego Schwartzman in the 1st round on Thursday. Lorenzo Sonego will have Center Court honors against Yoshito Nishioka in the afternoon. Finally, Marco Cecchinato will be measured against Roberto Bautista-Agut (n°21).

Rome on Saturday: pic.twitter.com/iBjxqtz7QD

— Jose Morgado (@josemorgado) May 12, 2023

Three American players will want to show up on court n°12. In the first round, JJ Wolf will try to surprise Hubert Hurkacz (#14). Seeded No. 12, Frances Tiafoe must pull themselves together after two failed tournaments. He will start against the German qualifier Daniel Altmeier. Finally, Taylor Fritz (n°9) will compete against another qualified German, Yannick Hanfmann.

The program for this Saturday in Rome:

Center Court

Not before 1 p.m.

Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) – [2] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)

Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) – [25] Yoshito Nishioka (JAP)

Not before 8:30 p.m.

[18] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) – [WC] Matteo Arnaldi (ITA)

Grand Stand Arena

Not before 2 p.m.

[5] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) – Nuno Borges (POR)

Not before 7 p.m.

[21] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) – Marco Cecchinato (ITA)

Pietrangeli

From 11 a.m.

[6] Andrey Rublev (RUS) – Alex Molcan (SLO)

Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) – [3] Daniil Medvedev (RUS)

David Goffin (BEL) – [19] Alexander Zverev (ALL)

Court 12

Not before 11 a.m.:

[14] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) – JJ Wolf (USA)

[Q] Daniel Altmeier (ALL) – [12] Frances Tiafoe (USA)

[Q] Yannick Hanfmann (ALL) – [9] Taylor Fritz (USA)

Court 1

from 1 pm

[15] Borna Coric (COR) – Thiago Monteiro (BRE)

Guido Pella (ARG) – [27] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)

Court 2

From 11 a.m.

Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) – [20] Daniel Evans (GBR)

[32] Use Lehecka (RTC) – [Q] Fabian Marozsan (HON)

[31] Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) – Jason Kubler (AUS)