Rome Masters 1000: Draw Preview and Analysis

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Published: April 24, 2010

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The second leg of this year's trio of Masters events on clay remains on the seductive Italian horizon. The injection of Italian culture towards the ATP this week will leave the Tour faithful with more than just tennis on their minds.

Rome provides a multitude of exquisite restaurants, eateries, and boutiques to keep the world's best players occupied when they're not chasing down a drop shot, or figuring out how to get that tiresome clay stain out of their socks.

Coming into this year's event, the top four players in the world will once again join forces for the first time since the Miami Masters in March.

Although the field in Rome appears quite competitive, it must be mentioned that the event will be without the likes of Juan Martin del Potro, Andy Roddick, and Nikolay Davydenko.

Apart from the battered and bruised warriors absent from this week's field, I would definitely say that the Rome event could provide the best clay-court action this year with the exception of Roland Garros.

There are many story-lines that will need to be addressed this week (do the top players ever get a week off from being questioned?), starting off with Roger Federer's form during his first sighting on the clay this year; Novak Djokovic's persistent technical problems; Rafael Nadal's continued steamroll on the dirt, and Andy Murray's reluctance to forget his Australian Open defeat.

Nevertheless, whatever turmoil a player is going through (it could also be confidence that they're embracing), there is little time to reflect or gloat on when they are thrown into Center Court to perform.

Without further adieu my friends, let's take a look at the tantalizing field for this year's Internazionali BNL d'Italia.

 

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