there are no longer Italian tennis players at the Rome Internationals

There are no longer any Italian tennis players competing at the Internationals. He also lost in Rome Stefano Napolitanowho played a splendid match against Nicolas Jarry, who won in three sets and advanced to the round of 16. There is regret both for the good performance of the tennis player from Biella and above all for the exit of all the Italian players already on Monday of the second week.

Napolitano beaten by Jarry, who flies to the second round

There were so many expectations. But for Italian players, considering both the men’s and women’s singles tournaments, the Rome tournament is already over, it closed on the sixth day. For Stefano Napolitano, however, only applause. The blue player played a fantastic tournament and was beaten in three sets by Jarry, who precedes him in the rankings by one hundred positions. In short, a large gap which however was not seen on the field.

Napolitano paid the brunt of the match in the first set, ending up 5-1 down, before losing 6-3. But in the other two sets he played on par with Jarry, they won one set on each side, the Chilean’s celebration after the match point makes it clear how tough the match had become for the Chilean, who in the round of 16 he will challenge the French Muller, who surprisingly eliminated Rublev.

Rublev out, de Minaur and Tsitsipas advance to the round of 16

A day full of matches, the first of the second week, with all the round of 16 matches of the women’s tournament and the eight matches of the round of 32 in the lower part of the draw of the men’s tournament. Rublev was beaten by Frenchman Alexander Muller, who had never won against a top-10 player and came from the qualifiers. Tsitsipas he won in straight sets against Norrie, while de Minaur eliminated the Canadian Auger-Aliassime.