This is how the round of 16 of the 1,000 Masters in Rome remains, now with five top-10s

The first three rackets in the ranking will disappear, but the Masters 1,000 in the land of Rome This Tuesday also presents a very interesting round of 16 menu, with five of the world’s top 10 in action.

Novak Djokovicthe world number 1, suffered an unexpected loss in the 3rd round against the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo and left the Italian tournament a little more orphaned by numbers, with the local idol not even taking the court due to injury Jannik Sinner (2nd) and Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (3rd).

If they don’t have three o Rafael Nadalthe king of the land with 10 titles in Italic Forumhe was eliminated in the 2nd round of the Pole Hubert Hurkaczvictory in Rome is now more open, something that the state of each will also feel at the next meeting of Roland Garros (May 26-June 9), where all the numbers want to be fixed to add the title of grand slam.

The five top 10 survivors appear as the main candidates for victory in Rome, among them the tennis player with the highest ranking of the classifications (4th) and, indeed, the defending champion, the Russian . Daniel Medvedevwho will face the American in the round of 16 today Tommy Paul.

The German Alexander Zverev (5th), the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (8th), the Polish Hubert Hurkacz (9th) and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (10th) will also be looking for their spot in the quarterfinals this Tuesday. Tsitsipas, champion of Monte Carlo and finalist in Barcelonais looking to further improve his European tour on dirt, although he will now have a very strong rival this season, the Australian Alex De Minaur.

In addition to the eight men’s round of 16 matches, this Tuesday will also see the first two quarterfinal matches of the women’s tournament, the WTA 1,000 in Rome.: Iga Swiatek-Madison Keys and Coco Gauff-Qinwen Zheng.

Rome Masters 1,000

The round of 16

PROGRAM TUESDAY
Central court (11:00 am)
​Taylor Fritz (USA/11)-Grigor Dimitrov (Bul/8)
Not before 1:00 pm:
​WTA: Iga Swiatek (Pol/1)-Madison Keys (USA/18)
​Alexander Zverev (Ale/3)-Nuno Borges (Por)
Not before 7:00 pm:
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre/6)-Alex de Minaur (Aus/9)
TheNot before 8:30 pm:
​WTA: Coco Gauff (USA/3)-Qinwen Zheng (Chn/7)
The
TheGrand Stand Arena (11:00 am)
​Alejandro Tabilo (Chl/29)-Karen Khachanov (Rus/16)
Zhizhen Zhang (Chn)-Thiago Monteiro (Bra)
Nicolás Jarry (Chl/20)-Alexandre Muller (Fra)
Not before 4:00 pm:
​Tommy Paul (USA/14)-Daniil Medvedev (Rus/2)
The
Pietrangeli Piste (not before 3:00 pm)
​Hubert Hurkacz (Pol/8)-Sebastián Báez (Arg/17)