Main-draw action started on Monday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. Our photographer Jimmie48 attended a half of today’s first-round matches and caught up with a number of top players who are awaiting their openers in Rome.
No.16 seed Donna Vekic is one of two seeded players who fell on Day 1, being edged by unseeded Amanda Anisimova in two tiebreaks, 7-6(4) 7-6(6). The seeding situation is kind of awkward in this case as the world No.27 Anisimova is actually ranked higher at the moment, following her slight post-US Open ranking rise as opposed to Vekic’s drop.