It's time for our third Masters tournament of the season, and the first one on Clay. Sunny Italy is the home for this one, which will have all of our players on tour. Our trip to Rome marks the real start of the warmups to the French Open in two weeks time, good progress in the Masters tournaments this week and next week is likely to secure a good seeding for the upcoming Grand Slam. Past Clay court winners such as Luka Popovic and Alistair Son will be hoping to repeat their victories on a much larger stage here, in addition to upcoming names including the likes of Marcuss Deane, Clayton Evans and Jake Howe. The draw shall be made tomorrow, it looks like the top three seeds will secure a bye through to the second round unless new players are willing to sign up for the tour.
Seedings 1. Wes Welker 2. Ivan Ryabovol 3. Luka Popovic 4. Heath Davis 5. Andrew James 6. Ginger Furball 7. Bruce Force 8. Marcuss Deane 9. Chris Warrington 10. Alistair Son 11. Joshua Ritchie 12. Alex O'Driscoll 13. Reagan Wheelson 14. Rob Cribb 15. Os du Toit 16. Ritwik Chowdhuri
Main Draw (1) W. Welker v BYE C. Evans v J. Logan (16) R. Chowdhuri v M. Burridge H. Bots v T. DeLonge (8) M. Deane v S. Morgan P. Fenaus v R. Hutchinson (9) C. Warrington v J. Ridd B. Storer v S. Yates (5) A. James v J. Chewie E. Morris v J. Wivillian (12) A. O'Driscoll v J. Rhodes J. Harding v L. Schaw (3) L. Popovic v BYE N. Gurupur v A. Dforum (14) R. Cribb v S. Vimes B. Read v B. Burger (4) H. Davis v B. Hall G. Martyn v C. Raftery (13) R. Wheelson v S. Dong J. Howe v G. Weaver (6) G. Furball v A. O'Neill B. Quilty v O. Wood (11) J. Ritchie v L. Himann K. Fung v M. Edwards (7) B. Force v E. Starris H. Daman v Z. Poole (10) A. Son v Z. MacDonald T. Lee v S. Masters (2) I. Ryabovol v BYE Z. Ikram v C. Downes (15) O. du Toit v M. James J. Anraad v C. Dyer