ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Frances Tiafoe, Yoshihito Nishioka, Gregoire Barrere and Mikhail Kukushkin are going to compete on Saturday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on COURT 4.

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Frances Tiafoe vs. Jozef Kovalik

Head to head 0-0

Frances Tiafoe will take on Jozef Kovalik in the qualifications for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 pm on COURT 4.

Frances Tiafoe: ranking and results

Ranked no. 66, Tiafoe will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 7-64 6-2 to Cecchinato in the qualifications on the 1st of May.

Francis has a 10-10 win-loss record in 2021, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome Tiafoe didn’t compete in Rome in 2020.

Jozef Kovalik: ranking and results

Ranked no. 125, Jozef will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Belgrade where he lost 7-5 6-4 to Cerundolo in the qualifications on the 18th of April.

Kovalik has a 14-11 win-loss record in 2021, 11-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Jozef’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger and the Belgrade Challenger.

Last year in Rome Jozef surrendered in the qualifications 6-2 6-1

to Marco Cecchinato.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Jozef Kovalik since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.64
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.26

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Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Gregoire Barrere

Head to head 0-0

Yoshihito Nishioka will come up against Gregoire Barrere in the qualifications for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:30 pm on COURT 4.

Yoshihito Nishioka: ranking and results

Ranked no. 60, Nishioka will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 6-1 6-2 to Ruud in the 2nd round on the 5th of May.

Nishioka has a 4-9 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome Nishioka lost in the 2nd round 6-1 6-0 to Grigor Dimitrov.

Gregoire Barrere: ranking and results

Ranked no. 122, Gregoire will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in the Ostrava Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-4 6-3 to Martin in the 2nd round on the 29th of April.

The French player has a 13-10 win-loss record in 2021, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The French player best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Lille Challenger.

Last year in Rome The French player didn’t compete in Rome in 2020.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Yoshihito Nishioka and Gregoire Barrere since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.5
Gregoire Barrere -> 2.59

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Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Thiago Moura Monteiro

Head to head 0-0

Mikhail Kukushkin will square off with Thiago Moura Monteiro in the qualifications for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 10:00 am on COURT 4.

Mikhail Kukushkin: ranking and results

Ranked no. 105, the Kazakhstani will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 6-3 6-4

to Andujar in the qualifications on the 1st of May.

Kukushkin has a 4-10 win-loss record in 2021, 0-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome Kukushkin lost in the qualifications 2-6 6-4 6-2 to Dominik Koepfer.

Thiago Moura Monteiro: ranking and results

Ranked no. 78, the Brazilian will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 6-4 6-712 7-64 to Giron in the qualifications on the 1st of May.

Thiago has a 9-9 win-loss record in 2021, 3-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Moura Monteiro’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.

Last year in Rome Thiago capitulated in the qualifications 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 to Taro Daniel.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Thiago Moura Monteiro since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thiago Moura Monteiro who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Thiago Moura Monteiro is the pick to win this match.
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 2.875
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.42

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Upcoming matches

These are the upcoming matches of the Internazionali BNL D’Italia