Sinner faces Navone or Cina first in Rome, in opposite half to Alcaraz

Should Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz reignite their gripping rivalry at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, it must wait until the championship match.

The No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings, Sinner will open against Mariano Navone or #NextGenATP wild card Federico Cina at the clay-court ATP Masters 1000 event, following Monday’s draw ceremony in Rome. The 23-year-old will be playing just his second tournament of the year, and first since winning the Australian Open, after completing a three-month period of ineligibility in a case resolution agreement with WADA.

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Sinner could face a potential quarter-final clash with Madrid champion Casper Ruud, whom the Italian leads 3-0 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series. Fresh from claiming his maiden Masters 1000 title, Ruud will start against Roman Safiullin or Alexander Bublik in Rome.

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After withdrawing from the Masters 1000 in Madrid, Alcaraz will return to action against Jan-Lennard Struff or Yoshihito Nishioka. The Spaniard sustained an adductor injury during his championship-match run in Barcelona, but will hope to bounce back in Rome, where he is competing for just the second time. Alcaraz is seeded to meet World No. 5 and Madrid runner-up, Jack Draper, in the quarter-finals.

Defending champion Alexander Zverev will begin his campaign against a qualifier or Argentine Camilo Ugo Carabelli. The second-seeded Zverev saw his seven-match winning streak come to an end in the fourth round in Madrid, where he suffered his third consecutive defeat to Francisco Cerundolo.

Zverev could face Alcaraz in an intriguing semi-final, but the German must first navigate a testing quarter, which includes Lorenzo Musetti, Daniil Medvedev, Arthur Fils and Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Medvedev, who claimed his most recent tour-level title in Rome in 2023, opens against a qualifier or Christopher O’Connell. The 29-year-old could set a meeting with Musetti in the fourth round, who on Monday made his Top 10 debut. Musetti starts against Hamad Medjedovic or a qualifier.