{"id":14621,"date":"2026-05-10T09:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/14621\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T09:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:58:12","slug":"rome-tennis-picks-musetti-vs-cerundolo-bublik-vs-tien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/14621\/","title":{"rendered":"Rome tennis picks: Musetti vs. Cerundolo, Bublik vs. Tien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2025-06-02-at-2.50.49-PM-600x381.jpg\" alt=\"Musetti\" title=\"Musetti\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It will be an action-packed day on Sunday in Rome, where the bottom half takes the court. Crowd favorite Lorenzo Musetti will battle Francisco Cerundolo and Alexander Bublik will take on Learner Tien.<\/p>\n<p>(8) Lorenzo Musetti vs. (25) Francisco Cerundolo<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s currently the Golden Age of Italian tennis, which makes the Internazionali BNL d\u2019Italia even more interesting than usual. While Jannik Sinner understandably takes center stage, Lorenzo Musetti\u2019s contributions cannot be ignored. He posted a tidy, straight-set win over Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the second round and he goes into Sunday as a firm favorite, even over a quality clay court opponent like Francisco Cerundolo. <\/p>\n<p>With Musetti playing in front of an appreciative home crowd and given his solid performance already this week, look for the No. 8 seed to make his way to the round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl pick: Musetti in 3<\/p>\n<p>Ricky pick: Musetti in 2<\/p>\n<p>(9) Alexander Bublik vs. (19) Learner Tien<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Bublik has been inconsistent on European clay this season. He kicked off his spring with a run to the quarters in Monte-Carlo but didn\u2019t win a single match in Munich and Madrid. The Kazakh appeared to be back on track, however, in his second-round rout of Sebastian Baez. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tenngrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NexoDallasOpen2026_02102026_169.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NexoDallasOpen2026_02102026_169-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Learner Tien\" class=\"wp-image-90900 lazyload\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4992888417882142;width:519px;height:auto\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NexoDallasOpen2026_02102026_169-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Learner Tien\" class=\"wp-image-90900 lazyload\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4992888417882142;width:519px;height:auto\"  \/><\/a>Dallas Open<\/p>\n<p>Bublik\u2019s opponent should present a sterner test than Baez did. Tien was also dominant in his second-round match against Damir Dzumhur, but he is largely inexperienced with clay-court play. Coming into this event, Tien had exactly two total career ATP-level wins on the dirt. The American will likely need more hardening on this surface before he beats a player of Bublik\u2019s caliber.<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl pick: Bublik in 2<\/p>\n<p>Ricky pick: Bublik in 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It will be an action-packed day on Sunday in Rome, where the bottom half takes the court. 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