#rome atp 2024

[livelaughlovepedri]

gonna rant a bit about tennis cuz i really wanted tabilo to go through the finals 🥲 maybe im biased cuz that’s my chilean man but his first set was outstanding. he had zverev completely lost and showed a beast mentality. but in the end his lack of experience did him dirty, he did many mistakes and got nervous :( so it was a fair win for zverev. anyways I’m proud of tabilo, he made history and has the talent for a bright future 🌟

[gerrydefault]

to be honest did I comment about daniil being out rome? no , and what about andrey being out? no problem I don’t mind it take some rest andrey oh and what about fritz losing against the abuser did I said something about it? no

well my people this is because I choose to be happy

rome has never happened

rome doesn’t even exist

[naomiosakas]

rome 2024 wta quarterfinals

[rodlaveraryna]

if jannik doesn't win miami this year this will be my new least favorite tournament

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Rome M1000 MS R3: Nicolas Jarry [21] def. Stefano Napolitano [WC] 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 Match Stats

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A nervy start from S. Napolitano was properly capitalized on by N. Jarry through his aggressive play, but the former tried to overpower the latter as he fired more shot spins, while N. Jarry successfully balanced it out by firing 16% of his slices despite some failures in the second set. This might have added to the risk as the 21st seed committed 20 unforced errors than S. Napolitano's 8, but the Italian wild card won slightly more baseline points at 47% compared to N. Jarry's 43%, but every time both players were made to move forward, it was the Chilean who dominated the net game. This way, N. Jarry generated one more break point (8) than S. Napolitano's 7, converting 50% of them throughout the three sets thanks to his powerful shots in between as he took things slightly deeper under pressure in most parts of the first and third sets.

Interestingly, N. Jarry still remained solid on his serve despite the ending of the second set. Even though he only made 72% first serves while landing 61% of them, he managed to optimize it by winning 6% more points than S. Napolitano, winning 5 more serve points cumulatively as well. However, the Italian wild card turned out to stand out through his second serves, winning 14% more points from there as he tried to bring the Chilean into trouble starting the second set, except N. Jarry came in a clutch to close the match.

In tomorrow's fourth-round match, N. Jarry will face qualifier Alexandre Muller, who defeated fourth seed Andrey Rublev 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a solid display, which match also signified the latter's necessity to rest up after the illness ordeal during Madrid M1000 even though he won the title. Back to the upcoming fourth-round match, this could be interesting to see how A. Muller could deal with the pace, as well as N. Jarry's aggression when the points could be slightly lengthened. Should be a crucial but exciting one, since some possible moments might have awaited them!

[decemberblue]

I'm really starting to like tennis!!

[fritzes]

the curse of ATP Madrid 2024

remember toronto's chaos? yeah this one's crazier

(shoutout @rodlaveraryna for helping me find the toronto post when I totally lost it)

first of all, the World #1 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the tournament, making the fairly new #2 Jannik Sinner the top seed at a Masters 1000 for the first time.

In the first round, Félix Auger-Aliassime (who, keep in mind, took Nadal to five sets at Roland Garros) loses the first set to Nishioka. However, he comes back in the second and third sets to win the match 4-6 6-1 6-4. We'll be seeing a lot of him. In a Next Gen battle, young phenomenon João Fonseca loses the first set to the clay incompetent Alex Michelsen but proceeds to bagel him in the second set and then win the third with 4-6 6-0 6-2. Fabian Marozsan (of beating Alcaraz in Rome fame) saves eleven set points against Karatsev to win the first set and goes on to win the match 7-6 7-6. Moutet and Shang play an almost four hour match in which Moutet caused a massive delay by demanding the umpire give him coffee. And, most insane of all, teenager Darwin Blanch is drawn against Rafael Nadal for his second tour match ever. The scoreline is 6-1 6-0 (at least he got a game!)

Second round - here come the seeds. Jakub Menšík, yet another Next Gen wonder, upsets Dimitrov in three intense sets 6-2 6-7 6-3. Félix bagels known clay flop Mannarino. Fonseca loses quite brutally to Norrie. The ultimate clay hater himself, Daniil Medvedev, loses the first set to Matteo Arnaldi and looks absolutely done but comes back to win 2-6 6-4 6-4. Another known clay hater, Alexander Bublik, jokes his way through a win against Carballés Baena, who was so frustrated that he hit a serve directly at Bublik. Ben Shelton bagels Machac. Rafa manages to beat de Minaur, who he just lost to in Barcelona. Stefanos Tsitsipas, fresh off of two clay finals, is beaten by qualifier Monteiro 6-4 6-4.

In the third round, our top seed Jannik Sinner starts to show sign of discomfort, and his opponent Kotov is serving for the second set after Jannik won the first. Kotov has set point... and hits a questionable underarm serve that Jannik crushes down the line. Jannik goes on to break back and win the match 6-2 7-5. In the beginning of a long line of strange occurrences, Félix's opponent Menšik retires in the second set. Daniil loses the first set to Korda, yells at everyone, accuses the umpire of working for the Illuminati, but comes back to win the match 5-7 7-6 6-3. Bublik, the other resident clay hater, beats Ben Shelton 3-6 7-6 6-4, stetting up a match against who but Daniil. Holger Rune, who made two clay masters finals, loses to Griekspoor 6-4 4-6 6-3.

We start off the fourth round with another shaky Jannik match where he barely gets past Khachanov 5-7 6-3 6-3. At the exact same time - I kid you not, the exact same time - is a rematch of last year’s final. Carlos Alcaraz has match points over Struff at the very same minute as Jannik, but loses all three of them and extends the match another half hour or so, eventually winning it 6-3 6-7 7-6. Daniil comfortably wins the clay hater battle 7-6 6-4, and Bublik seems perfectly fine with it. In a strange occurrence of two varying levels of servebots on clay, Taylor Fritz beats Hurkacz 7-6 6-4 (including a very predictable tiebreak). Perhaps the strangest of all, Félix takes out Casper Ruud, the man who would marry clay if he could, 6-4 7-5.

And now to the quarterfinals. Think these matches have predictable outcomes? Wrong! Only Taylor manages to emerge as the favorite who wins, beating Cerundolo 6-1 3-6 6-3, an American servebot into clay masters semis. Meanwhile, Jannik withdraws entirely, giving Félix yet another walkover. In what may be the calmest match of his career, Andrey Rublev beats Carlos 4-6 6-3 6-2, ending his Madrid title streak. And, Daniil retires against Jiri Lehecka.

So, the semifinals no one expected. Andrey dispatches Fritz 6-4 6-3 after they traded breaks in the opening two games. And Félix receives yet another walkover when Lehecka retires a few games into the match. Yes, he received not one, not two, but three walkovers en route to the final.

In the end, though, Andrey wins it and claims a second masters title. So, that’s the end of the story, right? No, because in his interviews afterwards, Andrey reveals that he has been extremely sick for the entirety of the tournament and that he could barely sleep or eat. A bizarre yet fitting end to this strange tournament.

[saragarnier]

Number One

Pairing: jannik sinner x leclerc! Reader

Summary: y/n is Charles Leclerc’s little sister and also Jannik Sinner’s girlfriend. She went to Jannik Final in Rome, when he has the opportunity to become Number One in the ATP rankings

Warnings: none I guess. Maybe just bad English since it’s not my first language

Fluff

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Being Charles Leclerc little sister wasn’t easy at all and you hated everything that was related to your brother’s fame or job. You loved him with all your heart but sometimes it was difficult being his sister, especially if everyone around you tries to be your friend just to have a chance to meet your brother.

At the same time, however, you were able to meet your current boyfriend thanks to your brother and you were grateful for that. When Charles invited you and your brothers to the Montecarlo Master 1000 final in 2024 you were excited, especially when Jannik Sinner won the semifinal.

You watched tennis since you were only six or seven years old, especially because your father and your brothers loved it. Even after your father’s death you kept watching tennis, maybe also because you wanted to feel him again, maybe because watching tennis helped you remembering him.

And that’s how you knew Jannik Sinner: you watched one of his game when he was still young but you knew that something was different about him, you knew that he would have become someone important one day.

When you met him after the final you were almost shaking and your brother Arthur didn’t help you neither: he embarrassed you even more, telling Jannik that you were his biggest fan.

You didn’t knew when you met him, nor did he. It just happened. It wasn’t planned at all.

You two met again some days after, and again and again till you started dating in secret. You both wanted to keep it a secret, to keep it private from all the fans, the journalists and the world: only your families and Jannik’s team knew about your relationship. You just wanted to live yourselves, you just wanted to know each other better before telling everyone that you were a couple. You still didn’t even admit that you loved each other when you decided to leave Imola and not to watch your brother’s race on 19th of May. It was race day for Charles but it was also Jannik’s match day and you perfectly knew that, if he would have won, he would’ve become first in the ATP rankings. And you couldn’t miss it.

You drove for hours and you were able to arrived just few minutes before the start of the match, when Jannik was still doing some warmup. He didn’t know you were there, he thought that you would have been at your brother’s race and he understood that, he wasn’t even mad at you when you told him that your brother invited you to his race. And then, that morning, Charles told you that you should have gone and that he wouldn’t have been angry with you.

You thanked him and you immediately left to reach Jannik in Rome.

You were able to enter thanks to his coach Cahill, that let you pass the security and found you a place near them, even if you didn’t want to be seen by Jannik.

“What do you mean, y/n? Why you didn’t want to be seen?” Asked his physiotherapist, Giacomo, looking at you with a confused look.

“I don’t want to distract him. He doesn’t know i’m here and there’s no time to tell him; he needs to stay focused on the game, especially today, especially when there’s being the number one in the rankings on the plate.”

They knew that you only wanted Jannik’s best and they agreed with you, that’s why Jannik didn’t know about you being there till the end of the match, when he reached his team on the stands after his victory.

At the beginning he didn’t see you, he just hugged his team, smiling, incredulous.

“Let’s go Jan!”

“Bravo!”

“Olé, Olé, Olé! Sinner! Sinner!”

The fans were crazy, they were screaming, singing and they were crying. Some kids were literally in tears, some fans were hugging each other screaming: “Sinner numero uno al mondo!” (“Sinner number one in the world!”)

It was the first time that an Italian reached the first place in the ATP rankings and Italians were going crazy, especially because he became number one in Rome, at home.

“Sei fantastico Jan! Ottimo lavoro!” Said Simone Vagnozzi, smiling at him. (“You’re amazing Jan! Good job!”)

He was too much shocked to notice you were just few feet away from him. You couldn’t stop smiling, especially watching him being so happy. He deserved all of this and even more.

Before he could see you, you stepped forward, smiling.

“So, do i have to call you champion from now on?” You whispered to his ear, gaining his full attention. He immediately wrapped his hands around your waist and he hugged you, smiling.

“Y/n! W-what… what are you doing here?!” He asked, smiling even more. “I thought you were at your brother’s race! When did you arrived here?”

You smiled, passing an hand through his hair and caressing him gently. You smiled, looking at him and feeling goosebumps under his touch.

“I couldn’t miss it, right? I wanted to be here with you and my brother understood. I arrived only few minutes before the start that’s why I didn’t tell you: I didn’t want to disturb you. I know how important it’s for you and i didn’t want to distract you.”

He was speechless: he wanted to thank you, to say something but he couldn’t. He wanted to say how he felt, he wanted to say that you were amazing and that he felt so fucking lucky to have you, but he couldn’t. He didn’t find the right words, that’s why he just kissed you.

You didn’t expect him to do that in front of everyone, in front of the fans, journalists and the tv. You knew that all the world was watching you two kissing, you knew that your secret was not a secret anymore after that kiss, but you didn’t mind. You just let him do it and you immediately kissed him back.

You loved him.

God, you loved him so much.

But you weren’t prepared for that, you weren’t prepared for what he told next. You couldn’t believe it, you just couldn’t.

“I love you, y/n.” He told you, whispering it while watching you in the eyes. He would have passed all the time there, kissing you and hugging you. There was no-one else in there except you. It was only you and him.

You didn’t know what to say or what to do, you loved him so much and you waited to hear that for weeks, but you couldn’t still believe it.

Was it true?

Was it real?

You immediately hugged him, wrapping your arms around his shoulders and hiding your face on his chest.

“I love you too, my little champion” you whispered, smiling. “And I would kiss you all the time right now, but i think you should go now. I’ll wait here for you, okay?”

Jannik smiled and nodded, caressing your cheek gently.

“Okay babe, i will come back to you as soon as i can, okay?” He said, giving you one last kiss before going back on the court to be interviewed. You smiled at him and nodded, still looking at him from distance.

“I love you and i will always do.” You whispered to yourself, since he was way too far to hear you.

And when he raised the cup to the sky you just smiled seeing how happy he was, seeing the smile he had on his face, how emotional he looked in that moment.

Number one in the world.

Number one in your heart.

[livelaughlovepedri]

i’ve been watching tennis since a long time (almost as long as football) but every time I watch a match I suddenly forget all the rules 🙃

[stateofsport211]

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Interestingly, the third set brought the best out of both players, but it took being clinical to stand out by the end of the match. It all started from the first game, where S. Napolitano scored one of his earliest winners of the set through his working volley to hold his serves to 1-0. This was followed by another cross-court forehand winner from N. Jarry, which turned out to be in (as umpire Mohamed Lahyani overruled the line umpire since the ball was good) to hold to 1-1. The third game turned out to be an entirely different rollercoaster as the Chilean forced the second deuce through a working volley, where he turned out to have 2 break points before he finally broke to 2-1. N. Jarry then quickly consolidated with a service game hold to 3-1, and seemed not to look back since.

The Italian wild card almost broke back again due to N. Jarry misfiring his forehand before the former's backhand pass secured the earliest break point of that game, but the Chilean secured a massive hold after saving the said break points, smashed his way to generate his game point, and held his serves to 4-2. It took several more games before the Chilean 21st seed earned his opportunity to serve for the match, where S. Napolitano once again looked for some opportunities as he fired his forehand pass to N. Jarry's backhand error. Thankfully, the latter closed it in clutch with his serves, firing an unreturned serve to secure his match point before he converted it to 6-4, thus securing his fourth round spot for tomorrow.

[livelaughlovepedri]

NICO JARRY INTO THE FINAAAAAAAL ‼️‼️‼️‼️MI PAISSS

[stateofsport211]

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The second set almost became a one-way traffic as S. Napolitano was spotted having a trouble in handling longer rallies as N. Jarry placed most of his forehands perfectly to start the second set, smashing his way to secure his 2-point lead before breaking early to 1-0 due to S. Napolitano's backhand error. However, the Italian wild card broke back to 1-1 moments after the Chilean misfired his +1 backhand before he had to face 2 break points, one of which was made due to a +1 forehand error. Even if he smashed it again to foil one of those break points, a failed slice secured S. Napolitano's break-back to 1-1, hence he tried to absorb N. Jarry's pace steadily from his forehand side then.

It took several fair chances to both players before S. Napolitano earned his moment, lifted by the crowd as the show went on. This time, he tried to struck deeply while aiming after N. Jarry's third shots, one of whose backhands generated the former's one-point lead at the third point of the match before generating his set point through the latter's +1 forehand error. Even if N. Jarry saved some of those set points, his backhand error while trying to respond to S. Napolitano's preceding forehand erupted the home crowd as the Italian wild card forced the deciding set by taking it 6-4 thanks to his patience and staying competitive throughout the set compared to his impatient finishes in the first set.

[stateofsport211]

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One of the third-round Men's Singles matches in today's Rome Masters 1000 featured wild card Stefano Napolitano, the champion of this year's Bengaluru and Madrid Challengers and having a career-high ranking of 125 achieved in April 15 this year who came back from a set and a break down to defeat lucky loser Juncheng Shang 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-0 in the second round, and 21st seed Nicolas Jarry, who stunned Matteo Arnaldi 6-2, 7-6(6) in the previous round as well. With a possible breakout sometime this season on the line for the former, this could be an intriguing test to see what it takes for him to break out as N. Jarry often had a solid game when he controlled the flow better.

Possibly having a nervy start, S. Napolitano conceded one point right at the first set as N. Jarry had a solid start through his backhand pass. However, the Italian wild card managed to hold his serves to 1-0, which was followed by N. Jarry's service game hold to 1-1 after surviving from the backhand error back in the third point of the said game. Somehow, N. Jarry generated his break point due to S. Napolitano's shank to the former's forehand before ultimately breaking to 2-1, and his clinical showing continued as he survived a pass and smashing his way to generate his game point, followed by a consolidation to 3-1.

However, S. Napolitano's erroneous first set showing continued thanks to N. Jarry's deep first strikes. This way, the former missed his third-shot forehand and backhand that generated the 21st seed's break point before it was converted due to another +1 backhand error from S. Napolitano (4-1). Without any further ado, N. Jarry consolidated with a service game hold before earning his chance to serve for the first set, which he sealed with an ace to complete the 0-hold to take it 6-2, setting himself in the driver's seat during the match.