This is how the round of 16 of the ATP and WTA 1000 Masters in Rome remains

Rafael Nadal He is the record champion of the Masters 1000 ATP in Rome with ten titles. six have Novak Djokovic. Between them, they monopolized eleven consecutive editions. Neither the Spaniard nor the Serbian, who are both close to 38 and 37 years old, respectively, will not enter the round of 16 of the current edition.

Both starred in a famous weekend at the Roman Foro Italico. On Saturday it was Rafa Nadal who was submitted by the Pole Hubert Hurkacz. A heavy loss, 6-1 and 6-3. On Sunday, the Chilean defeated Novak Djokovic, 6-2 and 6-3 Alejandro Tabilo. Although ‘Nole’ apologized for his actions based on the bottle drop he received two days prior, which was eventful but painful. He confirmed that he was not feeling well during the game and will undergo medical tests.

All, two weeks before the start of the most open Roland Garros in a long time. Djokovic defended the crown far from his best moment, as was the case of Nadal, fourteen-time king of Paris. And natural alternatives, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinneris on sick leave but working to land in the French capital after two problems with his right arm and hip, respectively.

Roma was left in a round of 16 with less flash due to four absentees, but it kept two tournament champions in its draw. The current one, the Russian Daniel Medvedevand the one from 2017, the German Alexander Zverev.

Two of the main favorites, along with the Russian Andrey Rublevthe best in Madrid, and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, which triumphed in Monte Carlo. It is a land of opportunities.

More in demand for now is the women’s tournament, where Paula Badosa will face the exam this Monday Coco Gauff, what’s up Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka making up the current WTA world podium. The fourth and current champion of Rome, the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, He dropped out of the competition at the last minute due to illness.

It’s been a year, since Rome 2023, that Badosa haven’t won three games in a row. It was then that he discovered that he was suffering from a stress fracture in a vertebra, the moment when the back problems began, which now have a chronic component.

This Monday, not before 1:00 pm, you will know more about how you are progressing.

TOP PORTION OF PHOTO

Alejandro Tabilo (Chi)-Karen Khachanov (Rus/16)

Zhizhen Zhang (Chn)-Thiago Monteiro (Bra)

Alexander Zverev (Ale/3)-Nuno Borges (Por)

Taylor Fritz (USA/11)-Grigor Dimitrov (Bul/8)

LOWER PART OF THE FRAME

Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre/6) or Cameron Norrie (GBR/27) vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime or Alex e Minaur (Aus/9)

Stefano Napolitano (Ita) or Nicolás Jarry (Chi/21) vs. Alexander Muller (Fra) or Andrey Rublev (Rus/4)

Hubert Hurkacz (Pol/7) or Tomás Etcheverry (Arg/25) vs. Sebastián Báez (Arg/17) or Holger Rune (Din/10)

Tommy Paul (USA/14) or Dominik Koepfer (Ale) vs. Hamad Medjedovic (Srb) or Daniil Medvedev (Rus/2)

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Iga Swiatek (Pol/1)-Angelique Kerber (Ale)

Madison Keys (USA/18)-Sorana Cirstea (Rum)

Coco Gauff (USA/3)-Paula Badosa (Esp)

Naomi Osaka (Jap)-Qinwen Zheng (Chn/7)

LOWER PART OF THE FRAME

Maria Sakkari (Gre/5)-Victoria Azarenka (Blr/24)

Danielle Collins (USA/13)-Irina Camelia Begu (Rum)

Rebecca Sramkova (Svk)-Jelena Ostapenko (Let/9)

Elina Svitolina (Ucr/16)-Aryna Sabalenka (Blr/2)