Italian Open 2025 Day 1 Recap

The 2025 Internazionali BNL d’Italia launched on Wednesday, Could seventh at Rome’s Foro Italico, marking the ultimate ATP Masters 1000 cease earlier than Roland Garros.

Day 1 noticed the underside half of the boys’s draw battle within the Spherical of 128, with no seeded gamers in motion however a packed slate of qualifiers, wildcards, and clay-court veterans vying for momentum on the pink dust.

The absence of prime names within the opening stanza is all the time obvious in these two-week Masters 1000, however gamers like Alexandre Muller, who saved two match factors to stun Jiri Lehecka, and Luciano Darderi who happy the house crowd by ousting Yunchaokete Bu, helped give the ticket patrons (there have been lots empty seats) some worth for cash. 

Vilius Gaubas additionally bagged his first ATP stage victory, and Otto Virtanen his first Masters 1000 win after qualifying for a essential draw for the very first time, having failed on 22 earlier events. Perseverance pays off!

Full outcomes from day one beneath.

Day One Italian Open 2024 Spherical of 128 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Luciano Darderi
Yunchaokete Bu
7-6(4) 6-3

Vit Kopriva (Q)
Quentin Halys
6-4 6-3

Corentin Moutet
Rinky Hijikata
3-6 6-1 7-5

Francisco Comesana
Daniel Altmaier
6-1 7-5

Francisco Passaro (WC)
Chin Hsin Tseng (Q)
6-0 2-6 6-3

Roman Andres Burruchaga (Q)
Lorenzo Sonego
6-2 6-3

Laslo Djere
Tomas Martin Etcheverry
6-3 6-2

Dusan Lajovic (Q)
Yoshihito Nishioka
7-5 6-1

Oscar Virtanen (Q)
Hamad Medjedovic
6-4 6-4

Jordan Thompson
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
3-6 6-3 7-6(5)

Carlos Taberner
Aleksandar Kovacevic
6-3 1-6 7-5

Cameron Norrie (LL)
Christopher O’Connell
6-3 6-2

Tallon Griekspoor
Miomir Kecmanovic
4-6 6-3 6-0

Jiri Lehecka
Alexandre Muller
2-6 6-3 7-6(5)

Vilius Gaubas (Q)
Damir Dzhumur
7-6(3) 2-6 6-4

Camio Ugo Carabelli
Pablo Carreno Busta (LL)
6-2 1-6 6-3

Key Matches

Alexandre Muller saved two match factors to defeat Jiri Lehecka 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) in a 2-hour, 38-minute conflict. Clutch when serving at 4-5 within the third, Muller’s third High 40 win of 2025 earns him a second-round conflict with Stefanos Tsitsipas. Contemporary off a Rio closing and Madrid R3, the career-high World No. 39 has proven some stable clay-court kind. Lehecka will rue his missed return on the second match level and double-faulting when down match level within the tie break.

Jordan Thompson fought tooth and nail, outlasting big-serving Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5). That’s a flawless 5-0 of their ATP Head2Head. Thompson’s again in Rome’s R2 for the second straight yr, with Brandon Nakashima up subsequent. GMP, in the meantime, has had a ropey 2025 after his breakout season final yr.

Tallon Griekspoor unleashed 16 aces to dominate Miomir Kecmanovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-0. “Robust competitor, large battles,” Griekspoor mentioned of their 4-1 Head2Head. Arthur Fils awaits in R2.

Corentin Moutet dazzled with beautiful drop photographs, overcoming Rinky Hijikata 3-6, 6-1, 7-5. An all-French R2 battle with Ugo Humbert is subsequent.

Roman Andres Burruchaga shone on his ATP Masters 1000 debut, dispatching Lorenzo Sonego 6-2, 6-3. Up 14 spots to No. 121 within the dwell rankings, the 23-year-old faces Karen Khachanov in R2.

Camilo Ugo Carabelli outlasted Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, establishing a conflict with Alexander Zverev. 

Highlights

Italian Open 2025 Day 2 Spherical of 128 Matches