Italian Open 2026 Day One Recap

Day One of many 2026 Internazionali BNL d’Italia is within the books, and the Roman clay noticed 13 matches accomplished regardless of the rain interruptions.

Maybe that’s one advantage of a 12-day Masters event: a rain delay doesn’t derail the occasion, as Rome doesn’t have coated courts till subsequent yr.

Nonetheless, the early motion within the draw produced some okay storys: a gutsy comeback win with match factors saved for Altmaier, a strong house favorite victory for Arnaldi, and an upset for Hanfmann over Hurkacz.

Listed here are all of the Spherical of 128 outcomes from Day One, adopted by the important thing matches and speaking factors:

Day One Italian Open 2026 Spherical of 128 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Rating

Jan-Lennard Struff
Francisco Comesana (Q)
6-2 6-4

Zachary Svajda
Marco Trungelliti
0-6 6-4 7-6(4)

Alexander Shevchenko
Camilo Ugo Carabelli
6-3 4-6 7-6(5)

Botic van de Zandschulp
Alexandre Muller
7-5 6-3

Vit Kopriva
Fabian Marozsan
6-3 6-3

Alejandro Tabilo
Pablo Carreno Busta (Q)
6-2 6-1

Matteo Arnaldi (WC)
Jaume Munar
6-3 3-6 6-3

Nuno Borges
Jesper de Jong (Q)
6-3 6-0

Damir Dzumhur
Adrian Mannarino
6-4 6-0

Sebastian Baez
Jenson Brooksby
6-3 7-6(8)

Alexsandar Vukic
Patrick Kypson (Q)
6-3 5-7 6-0

Yannick Hanfmann
Hubert Hurkacz
6-7(3) 7-6(2) 6-2

Daniel Altmaier
Zhizhen Zhang (PR)
4-6 7-6(3) 6-4

Key Match Recap

Daniel Altmaier def. Zhizhen Zhang (PR) 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4

Altmaier saved two match factors on his personal serve (at 3-5, 15/40 within the second set) earlier than closing out the comeback victory. This was his first ATP Masters 1000 match win of the season. He’ll now face two-time Rome champion Alexander Zverev in R2. Winnable for him if Zverev isn’t over his Madrid loss.

Matteo Arnaldi (WC) def. Jaume Munar 6-3 3-6 6-3

The house favorite and up to date Cagliari Challenger champion picked up his first tour-level win of 2026. He’ll tackle sixth seed Alex de Minaur.

Yannick Hanfmann def. Hubert Hurkacz 6-7(3) 7-6(2) 6-2

The most important notable results of the day. Hanfmann took out the higher-ranked Hurkacz in a decent, high-quality three-setter. The German made the quarters again in 2023, and he’s a little bit of a handful on clay, whereas Hurkacz’s drop-off is one to review.

Damir Dzumhur def. Adrian Mannarino 6-4 6-0

A really one-sided win for Dzumhur. Mannarino struggled badly, and I hadn’t realised how poor his clay courtroom file is: 24 straight losses at M1000 and Grand Slam stage on the floor. Unbelievable actually. Perhaps he ought to drop string pressure to get some extra energy? 😁

Alejandro Tabilo def. Pablo Carreno Busta (Q) 6-2 6-1

Dominant efficiency from Tabilo as he cruised previous the skilled Spaniard. It’s unfathomable that I assumed PCB is likely to be the subsequent nice Spanish clay-court participant after Nadal. But he’s gained only one Masters 1000 title, on arduous courts!

Rain Impacts

Highlights

Italian Open 2026 Day 2 Spherical of 128 Matches