The blue returns today, Thursday 16 May, at the Internazionali in Rome. The golden couple of the Italian doubles, the one formed by the finalists of the Australian Open 2024 Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, will challenge the number 7 seeded duo of Koolhof/Mektic on Pietrangeli, second match from 1pm, in the quarter-finals of the ATP 1000, to continue dreaming of the Turin Finals.
Hurkacz-paul
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On the Centrale, from 1pm, the ball will be opened by Hubert Hurkacz and Tommy Paul, for the first quarter-final of the day in the men’s singles, with the Pole leading 3 to 1 in the head-to-head matches. Uncertain match, with the American, who beat the defending champion Daniil Medvedev, who will arrive more rested but on the other hand the Pole seems really fit.
iga vs coco
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Following this, again on Centrale, there will be the first women’s semi-final, with the super challenge between Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff. At least on paper, because on the pitch there seems to be little hope for the 20-year-old American against the excessive power of the world number one, as the precedents on clay show, with an overwhelming 3-0 in favor of the Pole. It depends only on Iga, also because Gauff is not expressing her best tennis, and for a while now.
the favorite on the field
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Evening session from 7pm with the probable favorite of the tournament at this point, Stefanos Tsitsipas, against Nicolas Jarry, on Centrale. The precedents are, curiously, in favor of the Chilean, 3-2, but the only precedent on clay, in Monte Carlo 2023, is in favor of the Greek. The other match of the evening, not before 8.30pm, will be between the world number two, Aryna Sabalenka, and one of the surprises of the year, the American Danielle Collins. Two semi-finals, the WTA ones, which could hardly have been better, in terms of the level of the participants in 2024.
