The Foro Italico dresses up in tennis: a weekend without football, with Alcaraz, Musetti and many stars

ROME – Off to a weekend at the Foro Italico without football. Tennis, with its 80th International Bnl d’Italia, takes the whole scene and deserves the show, you’ll see, because every match will offer sporting qualities and human stories. For this Saturday we recommend these 12 challenges.

Central Field

Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Carlos Alcaraz

The future number one in the world, Alcaraz, plays the derby with complete peace of mind: even if he loses (someone believes it) he knows he will leave Rome having taken the throne away from Djokovic.

Lorenzo Sonego vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

To Sonego, who wins the spontaneity and sympathy prize without competitors. touches an indecipherable opponent, who must be taken with a grain of salt. Hoping it’s not the right day.

Lorenzo Musetti vs Matteo Arnaldi

A derby to close the program. At 20.30 the two blues challenge each other and, obviously, Arnaldi is the predestined victim.

Campo Pietrangeli

Andrey Rublev vs. Alex Molcan

Debut in Rome for the winner of Montecarlo, the anti-war Russian: Rublev, who someone still confuses with Jannik Sinner because of his red hair.

Emil Ruusuvuori vs Daniil Medvedev

Another Russian, Medvedev. The loose cannon of all tournaments. He is the tennis player who has won the most in 2023, however he is allergic to clay but is being treated with antihistamines and is trying to settle in. We will see.

David Goffin vs. Alexander Zverev

The German, Zverev, is one of those promises who still lacks the big shot. With difficulty he is trying to get back to the level of a few years ago, when it seemed he was going to make havoc. Goffin, however, is an old fox that he will have to watch out for.

Grand Stand Arena

Stefanos Tsttsipas vs Nuno Borges

The Greek, one face one race, has the underdogs. But Borges is an underdog (as the British would say) not to be underestimated.

Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Marco Cecchinato

The great semifinalist of Roland Garros 2018, Cecchinato, is returning. The Spanish veteran will tell us at what point in his personal comeback the Palermitan, now an adopted Vicentino, is at the court of coach Sartori.

The doubles tournament

Field 2

Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini vs. Alexander Erler/Lucas Miedler

The two old champions of a Grand Slam (in Australia) will know how to give some other satisfaction to the public.

Field 3

Federico Arnaboldi/Gianmarco Ferrari vs Rohan Bopanna/Matthew Ebden

Here, however, the lions are john, and they will need all the support possible because their draw was unfortunate: they face a very experienced couple.

Field 4

Lucia Bronzetti/Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs Lyudmyla Kichenok/Jelena Ostapenko

The girls of the national team practice training, but they don’t start as totally underdogs. So the Foro Italico effect would be welcome

Angelica Moratelli/Camila Rosatello vs Sofia Kenin/Aliaksandra Sasnovich

The same goes for the last couple in the race: individually they are underdogs, but in doubles the balance can also be overturned: so, why not believe it?