Beijing time on May 15, ATP1000 Rome Masters/WTA1000 Rome ended the 7th matchday competition, the third round of women's singles again upset, the world's No. 5 Gauff lost to Buzkova with a big score of 1-2! At the same time, the women's singles No. 9 seed Sakkari, the No. 10 seed Krejcikova, and the No. 17 seed Azarenka were also eliminated, and the men's singles No. 9 seed Fritz also lost upset, and on this match day, the cumulative 5 seeds were out on the same day! In fact, in the men's singles arena, Djokovic, Ruud, Sinner, Zverev, Tiafo and other famous players also fought hard to survive three sets, and the eighth-seeded Kasakina also played three sets to advance.
In this year's Rome competition, the women's singles situation is quite chaotic, and all kinds of unpopular are frequent! On matchday 7, Gauff became the biggest seed player eliminated, facing the strong Buzkova, Gauff was reversed by her opponent, and after winning the first set 6-4, Gauff lost two consecutive sets 2-6 to stop the third round of the women's singles 1-2. Buzkova won the seventh match of her career against the TOP10, and Gauff became the sixth top 10 seed to be eliminated in the first week, so far, the women's singles world No. 2 Sabalenka, the world No. 3 Pegula, the world No. 4 Garcia, the world No. 5 Gauff were all eliminated, the top 5 players only world No. 1 Swiatek reached the women's singles round of 16, Swiatek swept Tersurenko 6-2, 6-0 in this round, and won 12 consecutive games after 0-2 in the first set.
No. 9 seed in the women's singles Sakkari lost to Wanzosova 5-7, 3-6. Tenth-seeded Krejcikova collapsed after losing the first set and swallowed the egg 6-0 in the second set, which was swept 2-0 by another former French Open champion, Ostapenko. Azarenka, the 17th seed and two-time Grand Slam champion, withdrew and sent Case to advance automatically. The narrowly seeded women's singles player was Kasakina, who narrowly won 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2) in 3 hours and 19 minutes against Grabhuhel.
In the men's singles, Alcaraz is quite strong, and defending champion Djokovic is in danger in this round! Following the previous round, facing Bulgaria's Dimitrov in this round, Djokovic continued to start slowly, but fortunately, Djokovic still won the first set, but in the second set, Dimitrov won four consecutive sets after 2-4 to win the set 6-4. In the tiebreaker, Djokovic finally found a better form, winning 6-1 in the game and advancing to the last 16 of men's singles 2-1 in three sets. The men's singles players who also advanced in three sets were Ruud, Sinner, Zverev and Tiafou, of which Ruud's promotion journey was the most thrilling, and he won by tiebreaker to win.
Men's singles No. 9 seed Fritz lost 2-0 in the third round to World No. 100 qualifier Hanfman, 4-6 and 1-6 in two sets. The other three men's singles masters won straight sets: Roune won 6-4, 6-2 against local veteran Fognini, who played with a wild card; In the second round of play-offs, No. 3 seed Medvedev defeated Finland's Gorusuweri 6-4, 6-2 to win his first career in Rome; In the second round of play-offs, fifth-seeded Tsitsipas defeated Portugal's Bojess 6-3, 6-3.