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

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I'm shocked that Pliskova went out early since she's been playing pretty well this season, especially to a player you'd expect her to beat wherever. I set my expectations very low for Karolina at all times, but Rome is damn near her best tournament on tour for reasons unknown, so this is surprising from her.

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Petra Martic was up 4-1 in the first set and dropped it to MCOS losing the match 6-4, 6-2.

Kenin took the first set from Sabalenka 7-6(4) and is up 2-1 on serve in the second set.

Townsend def Pegula 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Apparently the h2h is in Taylor's favor?

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Kenin took the first set from Sabalenka 7-6(4) and is up 2-1 on serve in the second set.

Townsend def Pegula 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Apparently the h2h is in Taylor's favor?

I thought Sonya was going to blow it, when those set points just kept going away I thought it was over and thought maybe that kind of crushing loss might doom the rest of her year. So good on her for getting through that set. I hope she enjoys this win, but figures out a way to come back with the same intensity for her next match. She's had some impressive showings this year, but she's rarely followed them up with a win.


I don't remember much about Pegula as a junior, but I would guess Taylor might be very familiar with her game going back a long way. She's older than Taylor, but not by much and they are friends off court and have been for awhile. Taylor attended Jessie's wedding.

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The two big upsets of the day

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Friday, May 12, 2023 Day 5

Center Court Starts At 11:00 Am

(Q) Thanasi Kokkinakis VS (8) Jannik Sinner
Not Before 1:00 PM
(1) Iga Swiatek VS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Followed By
(4) Ons Jabeur VS Paula Badosa
Not Before 7:00 Pm
(1) Novak Djokovic VS Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Not Before 8:30 PM
Jasmine Paolini VS (7) Elena Rybakina

Grand Stand Arena Starts At 11:00 Am

(10) Felix Auger-Aliassime VS (Q) Alexei Popyrin
Followed By
Stan Wawrinka VS (26) Grigor Dimitrov
Followed By
Sorana Cirstea VS (20) Jelena Ostapenko
Followed By
(Q) Arthur Fils VS (7) Holger Rune
Not Before 7:00 PM
Marketa Vondrousova VS (24) Bianca Andreescu

Pietrangeli Starts At 11:00 Am

(9) Maria Sakkari VS Barbora Strycova
Followed By
(18) Martina Trevisan VS Karolina Muchova
Followed By
(30) Miomir Kecmanovic VS (WC) Fabio Fognini
Followed By
Camila Giorgi VS (15) Ekaterina Alexandrova
Followed By
(4) Casper Ruud VS Arthur Rinderknech

Court 12 Starts At 11:00 Am

(Q) Alexandre Muller VS (13) Cameron Norrie
Followed By
(17) Alex de Minaur VS Marton Fucsovics
Followed By
(Q) Roman Safiullin VS (22) Sebastian Korda
Followed By
(10) Barbora Krejcikova VS Danka Kovinic
Followed By
(WC) Lisa Pigato VS (8) Daria Kasatkina

Court 1 Starts At 11:00 Am

Anett Kontaveit VS (16) Liudmila Samsonova
Followed By
(21) Donna Vekic VS Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Followed By
(11) Karen Khachanov VS Gregoire Barrere
Followed By
Alexander Bublik VS (28) Ben Shelton
Followed By
Nicolas Mahut/Fabrice Martin VS (3) Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek

Court 2 Starts At 11:00 Am

Yibing Wu VS (24) Francisco Cerundolo
Followed By
(LL) Alexander Shevchenko VS Sebastian Baez
Followed By
(23) Botic van de Zandschulp VS Laslo Djere
Followed By
Cristian Garin VS (16) Tommy Paul
Followed By
Hugo Nys/Jan Zielinski VS Maxime Cressy/David Vega Hernandez

Court 3 Starts At 11:00 Am

(26) Jil Teichmann VS Julia Grabher
Followed By
Claire Liu VS (32) Marta Kostyuk
Followed By
(25) Elise Mertens VS Anna Kalinskaya
Followed By
Lesia Tsurenko VS (28) Bernarda Pera
Followed By
(7) Asia Muhammad/Giuliana Olmos VS Timea Babos/Anna Danilina

Court 4 Starts At 11:00 Am

Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz VS Marcelo Melo/Alexander Zverev
Not Before 12:30 PM
(1) Coco Gauff/Jessica Pegula VS Oksana Kalashnikova/Yana Sizikova
Followed By
(WC) Andrea Pellegrino/Andrea Vavassori VS Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/Hubert Hurkacz
After Suitable Rest
Veronika Kudermetova/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova VS (OSE) Victoria Azarenka/Beatriz Haddad Maia
Followed By
(5) Gabriela Dabrowski/Luisa Stefani VS (OSE) Marie Bouzkova/Bethanie Mattek-Sands

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Wide open bottom draw. Kenin and Osorio can gain points there and see if they can return to previous spots in the rankings.

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Rome is the first real red clay tournament at the 1000 level, Madrid is an outlier, Charleston isnt red clay. so I expect some 'surprises' - like Swiatek doing well, better than Sabalenka, and Alcaraz beating everyone, including Djokovic..
Badosa versus Jebeur is a good one too. on real, slow, red clay, Badosa shuld win.. let us see what happens.. her first round didnt inspire confidence. I am not yet convinced of Jabeur's red clay credentials- Madrid last year was a great result but she didnt do much at RG after that, becausse Madrid is different, anyway. .. . Jabeur's game is better suited to grass and hard court..same with Sinner - he needs a faster surface, I cant visualize him winning here, nor Medvedev of course..

Well, "first real" is a bit too much, Ashkor. Sure, Madrid seems to be different because the results say so, but it is still played on clay. The sliding and footing remain the same.
Swiatek playing well here will be no news. Sabalenka getting far may be. Alcaraz winning is the default mode.
You don't think that Jabeur's trick shots and movement are good on clay? She moves well, has a good drop shot, can play the long rallies. If she is not injured, I think she can be a factor.

Reserved forecasts, bit we got it. Sabalenka out, together with Pegula. We will have to wait and see who comes out from the bottom half.

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José Morgado
@josemorgado@sportsbots.xyz
Matteo Arnaldi with a first career win in Rome, beating 2020 runner up Schwartzman 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. Having a great clay court season.

El Peque played much better than in recent matches, still not enough. Will need to defend his R16 points at Roland Garros to stay... on top 100...

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[Owendonovan]

I love the person we see Taylor as.

[JTContinental]

Taylor Townsend has come back from maternity leave playing the best tennis of her life.