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Zverev, Isner Meet In Rome SF Saturday; Thiem Awaits Djokovic-Del Potro Winner

View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following matches at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia & vote for who you think will win! SF: Zverev v Isner | QF: Djokovic v del Potro [GROUP POLL]53[/GROUP POLL] The trio of No. 8 seed Dominic Thiem, No. 16 seed Alexander Zverev and unseeded John Isner are making their semi-final debut in Rome on Saturday. The other semi-finalist will be the winner of No. 2 Novak Djokovic and unseeded Juan Martin del Potro. Djokovic was leading the last QF match 6-1, 1-2 when play was suspended by rain Friday night. - IF Djokovic reaches the semi-finals, it will be the 13th consecutive year (since 2005) Djokovic and/or Nadal have reached the SFs in Rome. It...

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Djokovic, Del Potro To Finish QF on Saturday

Second seed Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro were in for a late night on Friday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, but they’ll return to the court on Saturday to finish their quarter-final match. Rain and lightning forced them off with Djokovic serving at 6-1, 1-2. Djokovic dropped serve in the opening game, but won the next six games to take the 44-minute opening set. The Serbian hit 15 winners to a tidy 10 unforced errors in the first set, controlling the points by moving del Potro from side to side. Meanwhile, del Potro struggled for form and didn’t hit a backhand winner in the opening set, finishing with six winners to 11 unforced errors. The Argentine reigned his...

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Nadal Unfazed By Thiem Loss

All good things must come to an end. Rafael Nadal’s 17-match win streak on clay was halted on Friday by Dominic Thiem at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, but the Spaniard isn’t hearing alarm bells ringing. “It’s normal that one day you don't feel perfect. If you are unlucky on that day, the opponent plays unbelievable,” said Nadal. “So tomorrow, I will be in Mallorca fishing or playing golf or doing another thing. That's it.” After playing nearly flawless tennis to win three straight titles in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid, the backlog of matches caught up to Nadal and he wasn’t able to recover from a comparatively off day against Thiem. He acknowledged that the Austrian “was better than me this...

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