ATP M1000 WTA 1000 Rome 5/9 - 5/21 2023

[JazzNU]

This tournament has made some terrible decisions with the rain. Tiafoe's match should've stopped when they called off play on the other courts. They did this earlier in the tournament in one of Zheng's matches. They kept playing when every other court was called and on match point, her opponent slipped on the clay and they acted like it was just business as usual. The players were dripping wet when they shook hands with each other and the umpire. I thought they'd learn their lessen from that where this inconsistency isn't okay and certainly not in line with player safety rules. But I guess not. And there may have been other times this has happened as well, there have been a decent number of rain delays in the first week.

[JazzNU]

[ti-amie]

Ed Salmon
@fogmount@mas.to
Play is suspended due to rain in Rome. I will be very surprised if there is any more #tennis tonight.

Musetti leads Tiafoe, 5-7 6-4 *2-1;
Zverev leads Wolf, 6-4 3-3;
Tsitsipas leads Sonego, 6-3.



https://mas.to/@fogmount/110374038819069551

[ti-amie]

[ponchi101]

...

And it must be a long time since the #1 and #2 S. Americans played each other.
(Unless I am missing somebody else).

[ti-amie]

Bia won in straights 3& 3
Cami seems to have stagnated.

[ti-amie]

Love the Three Stooges visual reference...

[Owendonovan]

ON a positive note- at least this should (at least) temporarily stop CERTAIN members of this site from shrieking about The Invincible Carlitos.

AND, for those of us who are actually fans of this guy- hopefully, this is just a matter of The-Italian-Open-Doesn't-Fit-His-Game, Needs-A-Break=Badly, and Exhaustion-itis.

Otherwise, those of you in fear of a Alcaraz Blitz may have led us to a world where Novak wins the 2023 Roland Garros title.

I think he's exactly what the game needed at exactly the right time who wan't named Federer, Nadal, Murray, or Djokovic. I don't think he's a clone of any other player but someone whose play has managed to remind of all 4 of those mentioned above. I also like he doesn't have the silly "next gen" stuck to his name/game.

[ti-amie]

Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Day 9

Center Court Starts At 11:00 Am

(1) Novak Djokovic VS (13) Cameron Norrie
Not Before 12:30 Pm / TBF 6/3 0/0
(5) Stefanos Tsitsipas VS Lorenzo Sonego
Not Before 1:30 PM
(1) Iga Swiatek VS (21) Donna Vekic
Followed By
(24) Francisco Cerundolo VS (8) Jannik Sinner
Not Before 7:00 PM
(12) Beatriz Haddad Maia VS (30) Anhelina Kalinina
Not Before 8:30 Pm
Stefanos Tsitsipas Or Lorenzo Sonego VS Lorenzo Musetti Or Frances Tiafoe

Grand Stand Arena Starts At 11:00 Am

(Q) Alexei Popyrin VS (7) Holger Rune
Not Before 12:30 Pm / TBF 5/7 6/4 2/1
(18) Lorenzo Musetti VS (12) Frances Tiafoe
Followed By
(4) Casper Ruud VS Laslo Djere
Followed By
(6) Andrey Rublev VS (Q) Yannick Hanfmann
Followed By
J.J. Wolf Or Alexander Zverev VS (3) Daniil Medvedev
Not Before 7:00 Pm
(15) Borna Coric VS (Q) Fabian Marozsan

Pietrangeli Starts At 11:00 Am

(3) Desirae Krawczyk/Demi Schuurs VS Ulrikke Eikeri/Miyu Kato
Not Before 12:30 Pm / TBF 4/6 3/3
J.J. Wolf VS (19) Alexander Zverev
Followed By
(1) Wesley Koolhof/Neal Skupski VS Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini
Not Before 3:00 PM
Paula Badosa VS Karolina Muchova
Followed By
(11) Veronika Kudermetova VS (22) Qinwen Zheng

Court 1 Starts At 1:00 Pm

(OSE) Magda Linette/Marketa Vondrousova VS (2) Lyudmyla Kichenok/Jelena Ostapenko
Followed By
Jamie Murray/Michael Venus VS Robin Haase/Botic van de Zandschulp
Not Before 3:00 Pm / TBA
Mackenzie McDonald/Frances Tiafoe VS Hugo Nys/Jan Zielinski

[ashkor87]

I wonder how the court is playing after the rain.. could be the reason for some 'hard court' like results?
anyway, Tsitsi and Zverev are both doing well..people who think Zverev will go out early at the FO may be in for a surprise.. he is getting back, slowly but surely. Medvedev next for him - if he is getting back, he should be able to win that, let us see what happens.

[ponchi101]

Remember they recently played at Monte Carlo, with Zverev serving for the match twice (in the 2nd and in the 3rd) and losing.
In the matches I have seen, he is not being able to dictate with the BH. Maybe the timing is a bit off.

[ponchi101]

Hadn't noticed that Sinner has also adopted the "extreme back" receiving position.
Mac and Sampras must be thinking "I have a chance against these guys".

[JazzNU]

Very entertaining match going on right now between Badosa and Muchova. Muchova won the long second set in a tiebreak, but Badosa broke early in the 3rd and has the advantage now at 3-1.

[ponchi101]

Then a good day to be in Rome. The Sinner/Cerundolo match is also very entertaining, and it is slowly becoming a Davis Cup match.

[skatingfan]

Hadn't noticed that Sinner has also adopted the "extreme back" receiving position.
Mac and Sampras must be thinking "I have a chance against these guys".

And then they watched the forehand return fly past, and realized they should stay retired.