Last Updated on May 6, 2024 4:56 pm by Erwin Noguera
The clay court will host the fifth Masters 1000 of the season, which will take place in Rome: the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, which awards 1,000 points to the first place and whose defending champion is the Russian Daniil Medvedev.
Several of the world’s top favorites will be present, except for the world’s third-pre-ranked player, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.
When?
Between May 8 and 19, 2024
Where can I watch It?
Tennis Channel
2024 Internazionali BNL d’Italia Top Contenders
The first great candidate to be champion in the Italian capital is the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who at 36 years of age is still an insignia in the sport and the ATP Tour.
However, his 2024 has not been full of titles, and his best performance has been to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open.
After that, he reached the third round of Indian Wells and the semifinal in Monaco. Those have been the only three tournaments he has played in the year, plus two games in the first days of January representing Serbia in the United Cup. But Rome is a good ground for the Serb, which he has won six times, the last in 2022.
Then we have to talk about one of the fastest-growing tennis players in the last year, the local Jannik Sinner, who is currently ranked second in the world.
The Italian this year won the Grand Slam of Australia, being the first major tournament of his career. In addition, this year, he was champion of the Miami Masters 1000, while he reached the semifinals of Indian Wells and Monte Carlo.
And he has a big challenge at home since, in Rome, the furthest he has gone was the quarterfinals in 2022. But this seems to be his best chance to lift the title.
Then it is the turn to talk about the reigning champion, the Russian Daniil Medvedev, one of the most consistent players in recent times, a product of his great level to defend close to the end line of the court. This year, the Russian was a finalist in the first grand slam of the year, having lost five decisive matches.
On the other hand, he was also runner-up in Indian Wells, asemifinalist in Miami, and in the third round, he lost in Monte Carlo, but now he arrives in a familiar field in Rome.
Last year he beat Holger Rune of Denmark in the final by double 7-5, after eliminating Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, Yannick Hanfmann of Germany, and Bernabe Zapata of Spain.
2024 Internazionali BNL d’Italia Outside picks
The name that generates more expectation for its history is Rafael Nadal, who has left behind injuries and hopes to give a great last chapter to his extraordinary career.
Nadal has not played or has abandoned everything he has played this year, except for the case of the Barcelona ATP, where he succumbed in the second round.
But as with Medvedev, the Spaniard is going to step on a ground he knows well, as he has won 10 times the Rome Masters 1000.
Only in Monte Carlo, he has been champion on more occasions than in the Italian capital, which speaks of his power on this surface. One more point to take into account is that in 2022, in his last participation, he reached the third round.
The fifth in contention is German Alexander Zverev, who was already champion in Rome in 2017, and he is followed in the list of candidates by Andrey Rublev and current finalist Holger Rune.
2024 Internazionali BNL d’Italia Podium Betting Picks
1. Novak Djokovic
2. Daniil Medvedev
3. Jannik Sinner
Prize bag
Whoever is the champion will have a juicy economic prize, as he will win 1,105,265 million euros, while the runner-up will get 580,000 euros. The total purse of this Masters 1000 is 7,877,020 euros.
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