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Rome Masters 2013: Order of play for Sunday, May 19

Nima Naderi — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:44:23 +0000

Sunday’s order of play at the Rome Masters in Italy between Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal can be found at the link below.

Link: OOP.

Nadal to face Federer for 30th time in Rome final

Nima Naderi — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:43:06 +0000

Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy

No. 2 seed Roger Federer and No. 5 seed Rafael Nadal set up their 30th career meeting on Saturday in Rome, defeating Benoit Paire and Tomas Berdych in straight sets, respectively.

Playing Paire for the third time this year, Federer needed a tight first set before he closed out the Frenchman 7-6(5), 6-4. Overcoming eight aces by his opponent, Federer won 77 percent of his first serve points and broke serve on two occasions. Playing in his third career Rome final, Federer will meet none other six-time winner Nadal. The Spaniard put forth a comprehensive effort in defeating Berdych 6-2, 6-4 earlier in the day. Nadal will be chasing his sixth title in 2013 after winning in Indian Wells and Madrid. Federer trails Nadal 19-10 in the pair’s head-to-head and 12-2 on clay courts.

ATP World Tour draws for Nice and Dusseldorf

Nima Naderi — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:38:48 +0000

The ATP World Tour draw for the 250 point event in Nice, France and the team event in Dusseldorf, Germany can be found at the links below.

Link: Nice draw.

Link: Dusseldorf draw.

Nadal reaches semifinals in Rome; Djokovic defeated by Berdych

Nima Naderi — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:51:46 +0000

Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy

Quarterfinal results:

(6) Tomas Berdych defeats (1) Novak Djokovic 2-6, 7-5, 6-4; (5) Rafael Nadal defeats (4) David Ferrer 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Benoit Paire defeats Marcel Granollers 6-1, 6-0.

Rome Masters 2013: Order of play for Saturday May 18

Nima Naderi — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:30:58 +0000

Saturday’s semifinal order of play at the Rome Masters can be found at the link below.

Link: OOP.

Rome Masters 2013: Order of play for Friday May 17

Nima Naderi — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:55:02 +0000

Friday’s order of play at the Rome Masters in Italy can be found at the link below.

Link: OOP.

Djokovic, Nadal march on to quarterfinals in Rome; Del Potro loses

Nima Naderi — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:40:15 +0000

Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy

Third-round results:

(1) Novak Djokovic defeats Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1, 6-4; (5) Rafael Nadal defeats Ernests Gulbis 1-6, 7-5, 6-4; (6) Tomas Berdych defeats Kevin Anderson 7-5, 6-2; Benoit Paire defeats (7) Juan Martin Del Potro 6-4, 7-6(3); (4) David Ferrer defeats Philipp Kohlschreiber W/O.

Nadal reaches third-round in Rome; Murray, Tsonga and Nishikori ousted

Nima Naderi — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:16:36 +0000

Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy

Second-round results:

Jerzy Janowicz defeats (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 7-6(5); Marcel Granollers defeats (3) Andy Murray 6-3, 6-7(5) ret.; (5) Rafael Nadal defeats Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-3; Gilles Simon defeats Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 6-3; Jeremy Chardy defeats (16) Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-1; Ernests Gulbis defeats Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-1; Philipp Kohlschreiber defeats Albert Ramos 6-4, 6-1; Alexandr Dolgopolov defeats (15) S Wawrinka W/O; (4) David Ferrer defeats Fernando Verdasco 5-7 7-5, 6-3; Benoit Paire defeats Julien Benneteau 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-6(4).

Rome Masters 2013: Order of play for Thursday May 16

Nima Naderi — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:52:48 +0000

Thursday’s order of play at the Rome Masters can be found at the link below.

Link: OOP.

Djokovic, Federer reach third-round at Rome Masters; Almagro, Haas crash out

Nima Naderi — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:33:41 +0000

Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy

First-round:

(9) Richard Gasquet defeats Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-4; Gilles Simon defeats Filippo Volandri 6-3 2-6, 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny defeats (13) Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-3; (15) Stanislas Wawrinka defeats Carlos Berlocq 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Fernando Verdasco defeats Horacio Zeballos 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Julien Benneteau defeats (12) Nicolas Almagro 7-6(2), 6-4; Viktor Troicki defeats Lukas Rosol 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; Jeremy Chardy defeats Feliciano Lopez 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(4).

Second-round results:

(1) Novak Djokovic defeats Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-3; Kevin Anderson defeats (11) Marin Cilic 6-3, 7-6(7); (2) Roger Federer defeats Potito Starace 6-1, 6-2; (7) Juan Martin del Potro defeats Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3, 6-2.