ROME/WASHINGTON, May 18, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Coming into the women’s singles final of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia Saturday afternoon, only two women had swept Madrid and Rome in a single season, Dinara Safina in 2009 and Serena Williams in […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 17, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 5 Alexander Zverev, the only Top-10 player remaining in the Internazionali BNL d’Italia men’s draw, rallied from the brink of defeat to tame Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, in […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 16, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Two days after Tommy Paul ousted the defending champion and World No. 4 Daniil Medvedev in the fourth round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for his first win over a Top-20 player on […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 15, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) A big opportunity awaited both 29th seed Alejandro Tabilo and No. 56 Zhang Zhizhen as each pursued a first ATP Masters 1000 semifinal berth at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome Wednesday afternoon. […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 14, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Taylor Fritz may have lost the battle that was an intense, 24-point second-set tie-break against Grigor Dimitrov at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome Tuesday afternoon. Soon after, though, the No. 11 seed […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 1, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Alex de Minaur will be the first to admit that his results on clay aren’t great and there’s room for improvement. On Monday afternoon at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in the Italian capital […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 12, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Alejandro Tabilo of Chile pulled off the upset of upsets at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome Sunday afternoon. Whether he was dreaming or not, the reality is this: the final ATP Masters […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 11, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Ten-time Rome champion Rafael Nadal had never faced World No. 9 Hubert Hurkacz before their second-round tussle in the Internazionali BNL d’Italia at Foro Italico Saturday afternoon. After their 14-minute, 22-point opening game that […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 10, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 and six-time Internazionali BNL d’Italia champion Novak Djokovic began his Roman conquest against French lucky loser Corentin Moutet in their second career meeting Friday evening at Foro Italico – and […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 9, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Ten-time Internazionali BNL d’Italia champion Rafael Nadal returned to the Eternal City – and fans flocked to the Campo Centrale to watch the King of Clay at work Thursday afternoon. Making his 19th […]
