Rafa Nadal has declined a wild card into next week's Bordeaux Challenger.
"He was aggressive all the time," Carlos Alcaraz said of 135th-ranked qualifier Fabian Marozsan.
Inside the numbers of Saturday and Sunday's action at the Foro Italico.
Reigning Rome champion Novak Djokovic offers a solution for bad bounces caused by choppy Rome clay.
The World No.1 continues to provide leadership, support and empathy to Ukrainian players in a most difficult time.
The left-hander nicknamed "Davo" is the most accomplished men's mixed doubles player in history.
"Considering what Boris was going through in the last couple of years, coming out still walking tall and proudly, it's something that I admire," world No. 1 said.