Top seed Novak Djokovic begins his bid for a seventh Italian Open title with a second-round clash against France’s Corentin Moutet on day five in Rome, while there is also plenty of US interest in the men’s singles today.
American trio Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton and Sebastian Korda all kick off their campaigns in Rome after receiving byes in the first round.
No. 11 seed Fritz plays Italy’s Fabio Fognini, who qualified for the second round by beating Great Britain’s Daniel Evans in the opening phase. Meanwhile, Ben Shelton – who is the 12th seed at Foro Italico – faces Russian Pavel Kotov, who saw off American Alex Michelsen in the first round. And, like Fritz, Korda comes up against home opposition today. The No. 24 seed takes on Flavio Cobolli after the Italian knocked out Germany’s Maximilian Marterer.
US pair Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe are also involved in the second round in the Italian capital, but don’t play until tomorrow. Paul faces Russia’s Aslan Karatsev, while Tiafoe is to go head to head with Germany’s Dominik Koepfer.
Italian Open: order of play, Friday May 10 2024 (includes all men’s and women’s tournaments)
Center Court
5am ET: Térence Atmane (France) vs Lorenzo Musetti (Italy)
Not before 7am ET: Ons Jabeur (Switzerland) vs Sonya Kenin (USA)
Followed by: Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Italy) vs Caroline Garcia (France)
Not before 1pm ET: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) vs Corentin Motet (France)
Not before 2:30pm ET: Mayar Sherif (Egypt) vs Jasmine Paolini (Italy)
Grand Stand Arena
5am ET: Maria Sakkara (Greece) vs Varvara Gracheva (France)
Followed by: Luciana Darderi (Italy) vs Mariano Navone (Argentina)
Followed by: Flavo Cobolli (Italy) vs Sebastian Korda (USA)
Followed by: Taylor Fritz (USA) vs Fabio Fognini (Italy)
Pietrangeli
5am ET: Danielle Collins (USA) vs Anna Blinkova
Not before 7am ET: Anastasia Potapova vs Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)
Followed by: Alexander Zverev (Germany) vs Aleksandar Vukic (Australia)
Followed by: Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) vs Sara Errani (Italy)
Followed by: Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina) vs Matteo Gigante (Italy)
Court 12
5am ET: Nuno Borges (Portugal) vs Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan)
Followed by: Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) vs Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
Followed by: Victoria Azarenka vs Magda Linette (Poland)
Followed by: Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia) vs Casper Ruud (Norway)
Followed by: Rebecca Sramkova (Slovakia) vs Katie Coulter (GB)
Court 1
5am ET: Elise Mertens (Belgium) vs Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic)
Not before 7am ET: Irina-Camelia Begu (Romania) vs Océane Dodin (France)
Followed by: Jordan Thompson (Australia) vs Thiago Monteiro (Brazil)
Followed by: Coco Gauff (USA) and Erin Routliffe (NZ) vs Anna Blinkova and Liudmila Samsonova
Followed by: Angelica Moratelli (Italy) and Camilla Rosatello (Italy) vs Guo Hanoi (China) and Jiang Xinyu (China)
Court 2
5am ET: Wesley Koolhof (Netherlands) and Nikola Mektic (Croatia) vs Robin Haas (Netherlands) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
Followed by: Ben Shelton (USA) vs Pavel Kotov
Followed by: Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) vs Anhelina Kalinina (Ukraine)
Followed by: Tallon Griekspoor (Netherlands) vs Francesco Passaro (Italy)
Followed by: Giuliana Olmos (Mexico) and Alexandra Panova vs Demi Schuurs (Netherlands) and Luisa Stefani (Brazil)
Court 13
5am ET: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Sara Sorribes Tomo (Spain)
Followed by: Clara Tauson (Denmark) vs Anna Kalinskaya
Followed by: Caroline Dolehide (USA) and Desirae Krawczyk (USA) vs Sloane Stephens (USA) and Marketa Voundrousova (Czech Republic)
Followed by: Alexander Shevchenko (Kazakhstan) vs Karen Khachanov
Followed by: Eri Hozumi (Japan) and Makoto Ninomiya (Japan) vs Asia Muhammad (USA) and Aldila Sutjiadi (Indonesia)
Court 4
5am ET: Alex de Minaur (Australia) and Alexei Popyrin (Australia) vs Kevin Krawietz (Germany) and Tim Pütz (Germany)
Followed by: Zhang Zhizhen (China) vs Adrian Mannarino (France)
Followed by: Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine) vs Laura Siegemund (Germany)
Followed by: Yannick Hanfmann (Germany) vs Alejandro Tabilo (Chile)
Followed by: Leylah Fernandez (Canada) and Arantxa Rus (Netherlands) vs Monica Niculescu (Romania) and Alycia Parks (USA)
Court 6
5am ET: Jamei Murray (GB) and Michael Venus (NZ) vs Lloyd Glasspool (GB) and Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands)
Followed by: Lucia Bronzetti (Italy) and Linda Noskova (Czech Republic) vs Anastasia Abbagnato (Italy) and Aurora Zantedeschi (Italy)
Followed by: Heather Watson (GB) and Xu Yifan (China) vs Xin Wang (China) and Zheng Saisai (China)
Followed by: Jacopo Bilardo (Italy) and Giorgio Ricca (Italy) vs Sander Gille (Belgium) and Joran Vliegen (Belgium)
Followed by: Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) and Ingrid Neel (Estonia) vs Chan Hao-ching (Taiwan) and Veronika Kudermetova
How to watch the 2024 Italian Open
Viewers in the United States can watch the Italian Open, which is due to run until Sunday May 19, on Tennis Channel.
