ROME - 2010 ATP Masters 1000

by **Mike Rotchtickles** » Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:48

I thought to have a thread on the Rome Masters tourney.
Should prove be a decent indicator as to the form of the 'big guns' as we get nearer to RG, and as to who might provide a sterner test to Rafa.

A few withdrawals to take note of from the above seeding list:

Davydenko, Nikolay RUS
Roddick, Andy USA
Nalbandian, David ARG
Stepanek, Radek CZE
Haas, Tommy USA
Simon, Gilles FRA
Karlovic, Ivo CRO

and the alternates (as of 24th April):

Chardy, Jeremy FRA
Gulbis, Ernests LAT

Seppi, Andreas ITA
Cuevas, Pablo URU
Beck, Andreas GER
Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP
Zeballos, Horacio ARG

by **NickZ3535** » Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:55

Nadal wins the title, obviously.

But I can't wait to see how Fed comes out... he's had some pretty crappy tournaments lately (by his standards), so we'll see what happens.

haha and sucks to be the mutant, he dropped a ranking position and lost the #4 spot to a guy who hasn't even played this year

by **petrelli83** » Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:45

this year I won't be in Rome :cry:

I wanted to see the new center court that will be open this year at the Foro Italico :lol:

Obiovously Rafa is the favourite!

by **GOA MASTER MDMA** » Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:39

this will be a interrested tournament in front of RG .

by **picachu211** » Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:11

Please don't let Chardy get in!

by **Banthasmaker** » Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:12

Roddick withdrawed?

by **petrelli83** » Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:44

Banthasmaker wrote:Roddick withdrawed?

yes

by **Andymachine** » Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:09

Gabriela Sabatini should have that court named after her

by **Sherlock 117** » Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:14

I don't see how anyone can beat Rafa as long as he plays halfway to his best and stays away from injury. Since he wisely took this week off, I see him not dropping a set the rest of the clay season :shock:

by **Andymachine** » Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:19

Yes he is still human after all , but it cant have been easy for him to miss his home tournament

by **Moralspain** » Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:05

Rafa has not won a match against Top 10 yet this year, so i wanna see him in Rome before breaking out the champagne

by **fedfan** » Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:12

Moralspain wrote:Rafa has not won a match against Top 10 yet this year, so i wanna see him in Rome before breaking out the champagne

He beat Tsonga in MC

by **Moralspain** » Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:20

fedfan wrote:
Moralspain wrote:Rafa has not won a match against Top 10 yet this year, so i wanna see him in Rome before breaking out the champagne

He beat Tsonga in MC

true, i didn´t express myself properly, i meant Davidenko, Federer, Djokovic and Soderling.
In my opinion Roddick, Murray are just regular players on clay, even an injured Nadal could beat them. Don´t missunderstand me, they´re good baseliners, amazing improvement by A.Ro btw, but to beat Rafa on clay you need to hit winners, like Soderling did last year
btw i consider Monfils more dangerous than Tsonga on clay

by **AUSSIE_FABS** » Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:05

I would say Ferrero and ferrer are in the top 10 when it comes to clay. Oh yeah and verdasco ranked no.9.

by **Otlichno** » Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:49

Ferrer better beat Tabasco today!

ROME - 2010 ATP Masters 1000

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