ATP ROME DRAW. Nadal, Federer, Tsitsipas, Thiem in same half

The draws in Rome are out, and the lower half is stuffed with top players such as Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Dominic Thiem.

These are the projected path.

Nadal’s draw

Rafa is the defending champion, and he won the title in Rome 8 times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2018). This is Rafa’s projected path:

R1 – Bye
R2 – Gasquet
R3 – Basilashvili
1/4 – Thiem
1/2 – Federer/Tsitsipas

Federer’s draw

Roger has never won the title in Rome where he was the runner-up 4 times in 2003, 2006, 2013, and 2015. It is still unclear if the Swiss will play in Italy. However, this is his projected path:

R1  – Bye
R2  – Tiafoe
R3  – Coric/Auger-Aliassime
1/4 – Tsitsipas
1/2 – Nadal / Thiem

Tsitsipas’ draw

Stefanos is currently on a 7-matches winning streak after he won Estoril and he reached the semifinal in Madrid. Tsitsipas got to the 2nd round last year in Rome, and that is the exact position from where he will start his campaign in 2019 being seeded no.8. This is Stefanos’ projected path:

R1  – Bye
R2  – Johnson
R3  – Fognini
1/4 – Federer
1/2 – Nadal / Thiem

Thiem’s draw

Dominic is on an 8-matches winning streak after he won the title in Barcelona and he reached the semifinal in Madrid after beating Roger Federer. Last year Dominic lost in the opening match in Rome to Fabio Fognini. This is Dominic’s projected path:

R1  – Bye
R2  – Edmund
R3  – Khachanov
1/4 – Nadal
1/2 – Federer/Tsitsipas

Here the full draw