Rafael Nadalthe most successful tennis player on clay at the Rome Masters 1,000, will be measured in the first round of his last participation in the Italian capital to a tennis player from the qualifying phasewhile in the second he will have to face the very tough Polish player Hubert Hurkacz, number 9 of the world.
An unprecedented duel appears in the second round of the Foro Italico in Rome in which the Rome tournament will be played after the first time automatic drawheld in the emblematic Trevi Fountain, will bring about a possible duel between Nadal and Hurkacz.
Nadal comes to the duel with certain optimism after his time in Madrida tournament in which the sensations were positive until the round of 16where he lost to the Czech Jiri Lehecka in a great match.
Polish tennis player cHe also went to the round of 16 of the Madrid tournamentin his case against the American Tommy Paul.
If he overcomes the difficult duel against Hurkacz, the ManacorÃ, ten-time champion in Rome, would face in the third round the winner of the duel between the Argentine Tomas Etcheverry (28) and the Brazilian Thiago Wild (61); and in the round of 16 the winner of the probable duel between the Dane Holger Runetenth favorite, and the Argentine Sebastian Baez (19).
Later, in the quarterfinals, the Russian appears Daniil Medvedev (4), who despite being a hard court specialist and an enemy of clay, is the current champion of the Foro Italico, in what was his first tournament won on this type of surface.
Only in the final There could be a duel between Nadal and Novak Djokovic, the number 1 seed who returns to the courts after his absence in Madrid and who in the quarterfinals would face the Norwegian Casper Ruud (7).
