Italian Open 2016: Wednesday Rome Masters Tennis Results and Updated Schedule

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Published: May 11, 2016

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Rafael Nadal joined defending champion Novak Djokovic in booking a place in the third round of the 2016 Italian Open in Rome.

Djokovic had to dig deep to beat Stephane Robert 7-5, 7-5, while Nadal waited until the evening before seeing off Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets on Wednesday.

It was a day when the big names held sway, with Roger Federer also reaching the last 16 after an efficient 6-3, 7-5 victory over 19-year-old Alexander Zverev, the former world No. 1 showing his trademark variation and touch to beat the German youngster in just under 90 minutes.

Meanwhile, world No. 3 Andy Murray opened his Rome Masters campaign with a hard-fought 6-3, 6-3 victory over Mikhail Kukushkin just three days on from his Madrid Open final defeat to Djokovic.

Here are the results and upcoming schedule for the day's Italian Open action:



To access the full schedule for this year’s Italian Open, click here.

 

Wednesday Recap  Nadal needed to hold both his nerve and serve down 15-30 with things tied at a game apiece in the opening set. He duly obliged to mark the third-straight hold of serve by both players to start the match.

Later in the set, Nadal broke the Kohlschreiber serve with the aid of this terrific shot to take a two-game lead, per Tennis TV:



But Kohlschreiber battled back valiantly after dropping the first set. As Live Tennis noted, the German leaned on his own return game to keep himself in it:



Yet, that was the last game Kohlschreiber claimed.

Nadal's controlled display has set up a third-round meeting with Nick Kyrgios, after the latter took down Canadian Milos Raonic. It marked another success for the Australian against a top seed, according to the ATP's official site:



It was never likely to be easy for Serbian Djoko...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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