Sinner on Djokovic’s side – Corriere.it

After the full house on the day of the first training sessions and the wait for the warm up on Tuesday on pitch 5 from 16.30 to 18.30 with Novak Djokovicfrom now Jannik Sinner knows the way to glory. Tennis entered the heart of Rome: on the steps of Trinit dei Monti, with Lorenzo Musetti present, the scoreboard of the Internationals of Italy has been drawn. Qualifying started today, from Wednesday the main draw. Sinner, one of the two Italians in the upper part of the draw (seeded number 8) awaits the winner between the Spaniard in the second round Munar and a qualified. Possible fourth with the Norwegian Ruudpossible semifinal with Nole, who has the terrible Danish Holger Rune in his fourth.

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On the other hand, considering the top eight seeds, the possible fourths are Rublev-Medvedev and Tsitsipas-Alcaraz, with Carlos set to make his Foro Italico debut after missing last year’s tournament. He will get there with the Barcelona-Madrid double, just to make it clear who is currently the strongest of all. The other Italian at the top of the board Fabio Fognini, wild card and protagonist of the most romantic duel of the entire first round, the one against Andy Murray. Already the other seven, waiting for the end of the qualifiers which could increase the ranks, all in the lower part. Musetti, also exempt from the first round (for the first time, the Internazionali rise to 96 players, with 32 seeds missing the first match), is waiting for the derby with Matteo Arnaldi or the Argentine Schwartzman.

Other pairings: Cecchinato-McDonald, Nardi-Goffin, Sonego-Chardy, Zeppieri against a qualifier, Passaro-Ramos-Vinolas. Yesterday, at Colle Oppio Park, the women’s draw was drawn, with as many as 13 Azzurri in the main draw: Martina Trevisan, the only seed, starts against the Czech Muchova or a qualifier.