Italian Open 2026 Day Two Recap

Day two of the 2026 Internazionali BNL d’Italia delivered another packed schedule at the Foro Italico. While the Italian crowd proved powerful, hoping for deep home runs from Matteo Berrettini, Lorenzo Sonego and Luca Nardi, it turned out to be a tough day for the locals as their straight defeat dominated the headlines.

The “biggest” win came from Tomas Macháč, who put in a solid performance to knock out Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets, continuing the Greek’s disappointing season, which will soon see him fall out of the top 100.

Elsewhere, Alexei Popyrin dismantled Berrettini at Campo Centrale, while Buse took out Sonego, leaving 6 losers and 2 winners on the day for the Italian contingent.

There were also impressive wins for veterans Marin Cilic and Roberto Bautista Agut, qualifiers Dino Prizmic and Cristian Garin kept the momentum going, and Mariano Navone added another strong result on clay, with Denis Shapovalov going down in straight sets.

Here’s a full recap of all the action on day two in Rome, including results, standout performances and the key storylines heading into the Round of 64.

Day two Italian Open 2026 Round of 128 results

Winner	Loser	Score line
Sebastian Ofner	Alex Michelsen	6-3 6-3
Alexei Popyrin	Matteo Berrettini	6-2 6-3
Ignacio bus	Lorenzo Sonego	6-3 6-3
Andrea Pellegrino (Q)	Luca Nardi (WC)	4-6 6-3 6-3
Miomir Kecmanovic	Dalibor Svrcina (Q)	6-2 6-3
Cristian Garin (Q)	Juan Manuel Cerundolo	7-6(2) 7-5
Roberto Bautista Agut	Francesco Maestrelli (WC)	6-3 7-6(2)
Nikoloz Basilashvili (Q)	Daniel Merida Aguilar (Q)	6-4 2-6 6-3
Mariano Navone	Denis Shapovalov	6-4
Matthias Bellucci	Novel Andres Burruchaga	6-4 6-4
Marin Cilic	Marcos Giron	7-5 6-4
Terence Atmane	Zizou Bergs	6-3 6-4
Thiago Agustin Tirante	Gianluca Cadenasso (WC)	6-7(5) 6-4 6-0
Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Q)	Ethan Quinn	6-3 5-7 6-3
Tomas Machac	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6-4 7-6(4)
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard	Jacob Fearnley (Q)	7-6(6) 4-6 6-2
Dino Prizmic (Q)	Marton Fucsovics	6-4 6-3
Alexander Blockx	Federico Cina (WC)	4-6 6-1 6-3
Hamad Medjedovic	Valentin Royer	6-4 6-3

Key Match Recap

Tomas Macháč def. Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 7-6(4)

Today’s biggest result. Machac came out aggressively, served brilliantly and recovered from letting a 5-3 lead slip in the second set to take the tiebreak. He improves to 2-1 in H2H against Tsitsipas and will face 7th seed Daniil Medvedev next.

Tsitsipas falls to 3-4 on clay this season with another early exit. I think he is playing slightly better but I think he should drop a level and try to win a few more games.

Alexei Popyrin def. Matteo Berrettini 6-2 6-3

Popyrin produced a dominant straight sets victory over the Italian home favorite at Campo Centrale. This was Popyrin’s first Masters 1000 win of the 2026 season. He will face 26th seed Jakub Mensik in the second round.

I thought Berrettini would show some form on clay when he took out Medvedev 6-0 6-0, but he has barely won a match since, losing in the first round in Madrid, in the Quarters at the Cagliari Challenger and now in the first round here.

Ignacio Buse def. Lorenzo Sonego 6-3 6-3

A tough day for the Italian crowd as Buse cruised past Sonego in straight sets. Sonego has only played 8 games this season, only won 3, and he is yet to win back-to-back.

Alexander Blockx def. Federico China (WC) 4-6 6-1 6-3

The young Belgian (career-high No. 36 and fresh from a Madrid semi-final) struggled after losing the first set of his rain-delayed match which was due to be played yesterday.

He adjusted his field position, stepped forward and turned the game around convincingly. Blockx will face the 29th seed, Tallon Griekspoor, next.