The second round of the 2025 Italian Open is complete, and Jannik Sinner returned on Saturday after his three months negotiated doping of suspension.
The world number one started with a simple victory over Mariano Navone early in the evening at Stadio Central del Tennis.
Elsewhere, there were several seeds injured with Fritz, Shelton, Tiefoe, Rublev and Davidovich Fokina who all crashed out in their opening matches.
Outside Rome, Novak Djokovic announced that he has taken a joke sign into the Geneva tournament before the French Open, while Sinner will also play in Hamburg at the ATP 500, which has also been moved to the same week.
Full results and summary below.
Day four Italian open 2024 rounds of 64 results
| Winner | Loser | Results line |
|---|---|---|
| Jannik Sinner (1) | Mariano Navone | 6-3 6-4 |
| Jesper de jong (ll) | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (25) | 6-0 6-2 |
| Francisco Cerundolo (17) | Nicolas Jarry | 7-6 (4) 6-3 |
| Sebastian Warner (Q) | Frances tiafoe (15) | 6-2 6-7 (2) 6-3 |
| Yeah muns | Ben Shelton (12) | 6-2 6-1 |
| Sebastian Korda (22) | Aleksandar Vukic | 6-3 6-4 |
| Matteo Berrettini (29) | Jacob Fearnley | 6-4 7-6 (0) |
| Casper Ruud (6) | Alexander Bublic | 6-4 4-6 6-3 |
| Marcos Giron | Taylor Fritz (4) | 7-6 (3) 7-6 (3) |
| Hubert Hurcz (30) | Pedro Martinez | 6-1 7-5 |
| Jakub Pensik (20) | Matteo Gigante (WC) | 7-6 (4) 7-5 |
| Fabian Marozsan | Andrey Rublev (16) | 7-5 4-6 6-3 |
| Tommy Paul (11) | Roberto Bautista Agut | 6-1 6-4 |
| Tomas Machac (19) | Pupil Tien | 6-4 6-4 |
| Thiago Seyboth Wild | Hugo Dellien (LL) | 6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| Alex de Minaur (7) | Luca Nardi (toilet) | 6-4 7-5 |
The sins are starting to strong
Jannik Sinner made a winning return to the ATP tour at Interazionali Bnl d’Italia on Saturday after his negotiated doping suspension.
The World No. 1, which competed in its first match since February, delivered a solid show in its second round conflict and sent Clay Court specialist Mariano Navone 6-3, 6-4 in just 98 minutes.
Despite a short hiccup when he dropped a break in the second set, Sinner’s Relentless Precision and Power has not gone anywhere during his 3-month hiatus.
Then stands the 23-year-old Italian face Lucky Loser Jesper de Jong, who stunned Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-0, 6-2.
What do I do about it? I still have a hard time believing in the lack of media review on Sinner’s Clostebol incident.
But then I remember that we live in a world where people, a couple of years back, were in line in a parking lot to parenterally get an experimental product in exchange for a free hamburger, so I suppose it is no real surprise that the majority of people do not ask too many questions.
Gut instinct and inductive reasoning indicates that there is more behind the Sinner Doping history, so I struggle to support his cause or tennis.
It’s an amazing feeling. I waited quite a while for this moment. I am very happy to be back. It is very difficult to have the right feedback when you have no matches, and that is exactly what I need. Now I think the best practice is the match itself, so I’m very happy about it. I am very happy with the win today. It was very difficult. He is such a big player, especially on this area. I tried to move around the ball. Sometimes things went very well, sometimes it could have been better, yes, but at least it doesn’t matter about the result today. It’s been a remarkable day for me, so I’m very happy. Sinners on their winnings.
Match statistics
| Jannik Sinner | Mariano Navone | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 21 | 10 |
| Unwavering errors | 24 | 17 |
| Ace | 1 | 0 |
| Double error | 1 | 1 |
| 1st Earn % | 64% (38/59) | 70% (45/64) |
| 1st serving points won | 63% (24/38) | 58% (26/45) |
| 2nd serving points won | 68% (17/25) | 53% (8/15) |
| Break Points saved | 100% (2/2) | 50% (3/6) |
| Service Games | 100% (10/10) | 70% (7/10) |
| 1st return score won | 42% (19/45) | 37% (14/38) |
| 2nd return points won | 47% (7/15) | 32% (8/25) |
| Break Points won | 50% (3/6) | 0% (0/2) |
| Return games | 30% (3/10) | 0% (0/10) |
| Pressure points | 63% (5/8) | 38% (3/8) |
| Service points | 69% (41/59) | 58% (37/64) |
| Return points | 42% (27/64) | 31% (18/59) |
| Net points | 75% (6/8) | 75% (3/4) |
| Total score | 55% (68/123) | 45% (55/123) |
| Match points saved | 0 | 0 |
| Max points in line | 6 | 4 |
| Total games | 65% (13/20) | 35% (7/20) |
| Max -game in line | 3 | 1 |
Other important matches
Matteo Berrettini marked his return to Rome with a solid victory over Jacob Fearnley. The Italian was back at home ATP Masters 1000 for the first time since 2021, and he released a trademark barrier of previews to switch Jacob Fearnley 6-4, 7-6 (0).
After 3-5 in the second set and stared down two sets, Berrettini clutch’s Volley winner to cloak back, before throwing the door closed with a flawless tie-break.
Berrettini retired in mid-match in Madrid with an abdominal issue, which was worrying given his problems in recent years. But he showed no signs of discomfort and wrapped up an hour, 55-minute battle with Steely determination.
Then Berrettini meets Madrid champion Casper Ruud, who maintained his shape with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 grinding past Alexander Bublik.
The Norwegian sixth seed had to get through the tricky style of play in Kazakh, which used its usual Flamboyant game with Drop Rolley’s Galore.
Marcos Giron pulled off today’s upset and threw fourth seed Taylor Fritz 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) in an All-American collision. Down 0-4 in the second set, the 31-year-old ripped the script and left Fritz fuming after an hour, 45 minutes. It’s Giron’s second third round on a Clay Masters (Rom 2022).
Fabian Marozsan held the renovations came and released the 16th seed Andrey Rublev 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. The Hungarian, who praised Carlos Alcaraz here in 2023, traded 33 winners with Rulevs 32 in a slug party.
While Lucky Loser Jesper de Jong crushed no. 25 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-0 6-2. Fokina has shown a lot of improvement this season, but was back to her old habits and shot 29 unthreated errors over fourteen games.
Tommy Paul restored some success for the seeded Americans and cruised past Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1, 6-4 to book a third round with Tomas Machac, who sent the student Tien 6-4, 6-4 in a nice screen.
Highlights
Italian open 2025 day 5 round of 32 matches
- Jack Draper (5) vs. White Copriva (Q)
- Cortentin Moutet vs Holger Rune (9)
- Francesco Fymo (WC) vs Karen Khachenov (23)
- Laslo Djere vs Carlos Alcaraz (3)
- Lorenzo Musetti (8) vs Brandon Nakashima (28)
- Alexei Popyrin (24) vs. Danill Medvedev (10)
- Arthur Fils (13) vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (18)
- Vilius Gaubas (Q) vs Alexander Zverev (2)
What do you do of Rome so far? Let me know in the comments.
