When the round of Rome’s masters begins on Friday, Daniel Medvedev and Stephanos Tsitipus will join an action. They are ready for related meetings with Cameron Nori and Alexandre Muller.
(Ll) Cameron Nori vs (10) Daniel Medvedev
Medvedev and Nori will be going on head-to-head for the fourth time in their career, when they collide in two rounds of International BNL D’Talia on Friday. His last three encounters have gone to Medvedev; In 2019 Shanghai Masters 6-3, 6-1, 2022 Los Kabos 7-5 in the tournament, 6-0 and 2024 in Miami Masters 7-5, 6-1.
The trick from hard court to clay should help the nory; Eventually, Medvedev is a self-declared hard-court expert. Nori’s heavy-topspin Fourhand works well on red items, although its flat backhand is not as effective as it is on grass or a hard hard court. The 91st ranked Britain is already on his second life in Rome, Dusan Lajovic lost 6–1, 4-6, 6-3 in the qualifying before getting a lucky-weed place in the main draw. Nori gave Christopher O’Conel 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday to give the highest chance. It can be competitive, but Medvedev is coming out of a quarterfinal result in Madrid and is a former champion of the tournament (2023) – so he must have enough to move forward.
Pick: Medvedev in 3
Alexandre Muller vs (18) Stephanos Tsitipus
This is Tsitsipas’s favorite time of the year, and so far the European Clay-court swing has been unexpected. Madrid grew up in the quarter-finals in World No. 19 Monte-Karlo and Barcelona before losing to Lorenzo Mussetti for the second time in a span of three tournaments in the third round. Tsitsipas has a 16–7 lifetime with two semi-final finish and two quarterfinal performances in Tsitsipas Rome.
Friday is the second meeting with Muller for number 18 seed. He first abandoned the decline of this past in Shanghai, where Tsitsipus got 6-3, 7-5. Muller will definitely not be taken lightly in rematch – not especially on the soil. Nine of the 16 main-tour of the French in 2025 have come on the soil, including a runner-up attempt at Rio de Janeiro, the third round of appearance in Madrid and 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) win on Jiri Leheka on Wednesday. At the same time, Muller is playing, he does not have great shelling and will probably need Tsitsipas’s backhand to go out of the rail to win this match. But one-hand is usually the most stable in a relatively slow court.
Pick: Tsitsipas in 2
