All the top10 players (with the exception of Raonic) will participate to the tournament in Italy. Unfortunately Milos will not be able to play for an injury to a nerve.
The defending champion is Novako Djokovic that last year defeated Nadal in the final. (see tournament)
Djokovic
The world no.1 is back after taking a break (from Madrid). Nole had a tough draw to probably play clay court specialist Nicolas Almagro, then Bautista-Agut and finally in the quarters he might clash against an in-form Nishikori. The Serbian might play Murray in semifinal.
Murray
Andy might play his dear friend Rosol (remember Munich?) in the opener, then Tsonga, and Ferrer in the quarters. Djokovic may wait for him in the semis
Nadal
The re-born King of Clay shouldn’t have problems in the opener (Mannarino?) to then face Isner (Rafa doesn’t like playing him much). In the quarter the Spaniard may face Wawrinka and probably Roger in the semifinal.
Federer
Roger should have (another) rough opener against Cuevas (a re-match of the recent final in Istanbul), then he should play Anderson (or most probably Kohlschreiber), then Berdych and if he survives he has Rafa in the semifinal.
The favorite
Djokovic is probably in Pole Position followd by Nadal and probably Kei Nishikori that is having agreat clay court season so far.
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