Sinner and Sonego played a doubles match today and lost in 2 close sets and a
close deciding tie break, we will probably see more of them before the olympics
perhaps as they look to potentially compete there as doubles?
They have played very well in doubles since last year's Davis Cup, it is surprising that Sinner is still playing doubles in this big tournament because I thought he would be concentrating fully on singles to avoid fatigue, but it could be that he is preparing in doubles for the Olympics because this time the Olympics will also be played on a clay surface.
Novak Djokovic will play today against Roman Safiulin, a player who can sometimes give tough resistance to top players, and serve is the most powerful weapon for him to get points, but still Djokovic's odds are very low and I'm not so sure he will do well in this tournament, maybe the semifinals will be the furthest step here and if Alcaraz is fit they can meet in the semifinals.
Well Djokovic looked fairly strong for someone who has not played tennis for a number of weeks!
Easy enough win over a potentially tricky Safiulin 6-1 and 6-2.
Now I know its easy to say this but there are only 3 players who can stop Djokovic based on his
performance today, Sinner, Zverev and maybe Medvedev, Alcaraz has pulled out as we all expected.
Today was a disappointing day for Berrettini after winning the Marrakech tournament at the weekend,
really disappointing that he has bowed out at the hands of Kecmanović, hopefully its only temporary
and that he can build again for the next tournament, I think we all want to see Mateo back at the
top of his game.