Day 3 on Internazionali Bnl d’Italia 2025 led seeds to play at Foro Italico, with Carlos Alcaraz who stormed back from injury to dominant, Zverev Cruising, Holger Rune knocked out a three hour war and Jack Draper who closed Dardener’s hope.
Local hero Francesco fits in, a great upset by defeating Dimitrov, while guys like white copriva and Vilius Gaubas proven that qualifying can shake things with winnings against Baez and Shapovalov respectively.
Full results and summary below.
Day three Italian open 2024 round of 64 results
| Winner | Loser | Results line |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Draper (5) | Luciano Däri | 6-1 6-4 |
| White coprova (q) | Sebastian Baez (32) | 3-6 6-4 6-4 |
| Corentin Moutet | Ugo Humbert (21) | 6-3 4-0 Ret |
| Francisco Comesana | Holger Rune (9) | 3-6 6-3 6-4 |
| Franceso fitso (toilet) | Grigor Dimitrov (14) | 7-5 6-3 |
| Karen Kacacnov (23) | Roman Andres Burruchaga (Q) | 6-4 5-7 6-1 |
| Laslo Djere | Alex Michelsen | 6-0 6-3 |
| Carlos Alcaraz (3) | Dusan Lajovic (Q) | 6-3 6-3 |
| Lorenzo Musetti (8) | Otto Virtanen (Q) | 6-3 6-2 |
| Brandon Nakashima (28) | Jordan Thompson | WALKER (BACK) |
| Alexei Popyrin (24) | Carlos Taberner (Q) | 6-1 7-6 (4) |
| Daniil Medvedev (10) | Cameron Norrie (LL) | 6-4 6-2 |
| Arthur Fils (13) | Tallon Griekspoor | 6-2 6-2 |
| Stefanos Tstisipas (18) | Alexandre Muller | 6-2 7-6 (3) |
| Vilius Gaubas (Q) | Denis Shapovalov (27) | 6-3 6-4 |
| Alexander Zverev (2) | Camilo Ugo Carabelli | 6-2 6-1 |
Alcaraz starts strongly
Carlos Alcaraz marked his return from injury with a commander 6-3, 6-3 victory over Dusan Lajovic on Friday and secured his tour leader 25th victory in 2025.
The span was on the side of Madrid because of an adductor question, but despite having his thigh Bandt, he certainly moved at Campo Centrale and always had too much for Lajovic. He landed 20 winners in 82 minutes, and Serbian has not won a place in any of his five meetings.
The body is doing well. I moved well and did some good sprints today without pain and that is good. It was a test for me and I think I passed the test. I tried to feel more comfortable in court. Move and do not think about the damage. Alcaraz on his first match back.
Match statistics
| Dusan Lajovic | Carlos Alcaraz | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 13 | 24 |
| Unwavering errors | 23 | 24 |
| Ace | 3 | 3 |
| Double error | 1 | 2 |
| 1st Earn % | 61% (41/67) | 71% (36/51) |
| 1st serving points won | 59% (24/41) | 72% (26/36) |
| 2nd serving points won | 46% (12/26) | 60% (9/15) |
| Break Points saved | 60% (6/10) | 50% (1/2) |
| Service Games | 56% (5/9) | 89% (8/9) |
| 1st return score won | 28% (10/36) | 41% (17/41) |
| 2nd return points won | 40% (6/15) | 54% (14/26) |
| Break Points won | 50% (1/2) | 40% (4/10) |
| Return games | 11% (1/9) | 44% (4/9) |
| Pressure points | 58% (7/12) | 42% (5/”12) |
| Service points | 54% (36/67) | 69% (35/51) |
| Return points | 31% (16/51) | 46% (31/67) |
| Net points | 75% (3/4) | 67% (6/9) |
| Total score | 44% (52/118) | 56% (66/118) |
| Match points saved | 1 | 0 |
| Max points in line | 4 | 6 |
| Total games | 33% (6/18) | 67% (12/18) |
| Max -game in line | 2 | 4 |
Rune rallies past Comesana
Holger Rune defeated Francisco Comesana in an astonishing three-set match, with a final result of 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
The match lasted for almost three hours, and Rune overcame a challenging day in the office to set up a collision with Corentin Moutet.
Willsana took the first set and despite releasing the second, led by a break in the third, just to see Dane win six of the last eight matches to move on.
Rune, who has had some injuries to late, encountered intense pressure. He saved 18 out of 20 break points, including a marathon 20-minute service game where he cut off seven break points to avoid falling further behind.
Before tonight, he had only saved 53.3% of the break points this season, which is weak for a guy near the top of men’s games, but today’s 90% really bumps on average.
Although he committed 59 unthreated errors and expressed frustration over the judicial conditions, the former finalist has the days where he is extremely resistant, and today was one of them.
Match statistics
| Francisco Comesana | Holger Rune | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 32 | 44 |
| Unwavering errors | 40 | 59 |
| Ace | 4 | 3 |
| Double error | 4 | 2 |
| 1st Earn % | 61% (59/96) | 68% (93/136) |
| 1st serving points won | 68% (40/59) | 63% (59/93) |
| 2nd serving points won | 51% (19/37) | 49% (21/43) |
| Break Points saved | 70% (7/10) | 90% (18/20) |
| Service Games | 79% (11/14) | 86% (12/14) |
| 1st return score won | 37% (34/93) | 32% (19/59) |
| 2nd return points won | 51% (22/43) | 49% (18/37) |
| Break Points won | 10% (2/20) | 30% (3/10) |
| Return games | 14% (2/14) | 21% (3/14) |
| Pressure points | 30% (9/30) | 70% (21/30) |
| Service points | 61% (59/96) | 59% (80/136) |
| Return points | 41% (56/136) | 39% (37/96) |
| Net points | 76% (19/25) | 75% (21/28) |
| Total score | 50% (115/232) | 50% (117/232) |
| Match points saved | 0 | |
| Max points in line | 6 | 11 |
| Total games | 46% (13/28) | 54% (15/28) |
| Max -game in line | 3 | 3 |
Other matches of notes
Lorenzo Musetti continued his stellar clay-court form and sent the qualifier Otto Virtanen 6-3, 6-2 in 86 minutes.
World No. 9, with an 18-4 record on clay since his Olympic bronze in Paris, showed his brand that passed shots to tighten the Italian audience.
Musetti stands a Monte-Carlo-Finn and Madrid Semifinalist this season, Musetti meets American Brandon Nakashima next when he tries to maintain his speed at Clay-Court Masters 1000 events.
The Italian Wild Card Francesco Fitto delivered a statement victory and defeated Grigor Dimitrov 7-5, 6-3 to remain undefeated (4-0) against the top 30 opponents.
I felt this would be an upset, and the 24-year-old gathered from a breakdown in the first set and dominated behind his first serving and won 83% of points.
Karen Khachanov is waiting in the next round, with the home crowd stuck behind the fitto Breakout campaign.
Arthur Fils advanced to the third round with a clinical 6-2, 6-2 route by Tallon Griekspoor, an impressive victory considering the Dutch Super Fast Serving.
Fils are now facing Stefanos Tsitsipas, who overcome Alexandre Muller 6-2, 7-6 (3). Tsitsipas, a quarter finalist in five of his last seven Rome performances, has switched back to his Wilson leaf after a brief attempt with a Babolat frame. Will he return to his clay court best?
2023 Master Daniil Medvedev opened his Rome campaign with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over the lucky loser Cameron Norrie. The exact and compound Russian will meet Alexei-poppyrin after the Australian edge Carlos Taberner 6-1, 7-6 (4).
Later in the day, Jack Draper delivered a leading performance to beep down the home crowd on Friday and launched his internenzionali BNL d’Italia campaign with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over the local favorite Luciano Darden.
I was unsure whether Draper would back up his driving in Madrid, but he stormed through the first set in just 24 minutes, broke Dardener’s serve three times and made him with 12 winners to one.
The second set was closer, but Draper is dangerous with a lead, and he saved all six break points that he met to secure the victory in straight sets.
Next up for the fifth seed is Czech qualifying white Kopriva, which upset the 32nd seed Sebastian Baez 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Highlights
Italian open 2025 day 4 round of 64 matches
- Jannik Sinner (1) vs. Mariano Navone
- Jesper de Jong (ll) vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (25)
- Francisco Cerundolo (17) vs Nicolas Jarry
- Sebastian ofner (Q) vs Frances tiafoe (15)
- Ben Shelton (12) vs.
- Aleksander Vukic vs Sebastian Korda (22)
- Matteo Berretini (29) vs Jacob Fearnley
- Alexander Bublik vs Casper Ruud (6)
- Taylor Fritz (4) vs Marcos Giron
- Pedro Martinez vs Hubert Hurgacz (30)
- Jakub Loves (20) vs Matteo Gigante (WC)
- Fabian Marozsan vs Andrey Rublev (16)
- Tommy Paul (11) vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Teacher Tien vs. Tomas Machac (19)
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (26) vs Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q)
- Luca Nardi (WC) vs Alex de Minaur (7)
