Tallon Griekspoor vs Alexander Blockx — R64 — Italian Open

Alexander Blockx dropped the opening tiebreak 7-5, then flipped the match on the back of his return: he converted 2 of 3 break points while Tallon Griekspoor went 0-for-3 and never broke serve over the final two sets. The error count tells the rest — Blockx coughed up just 10 unforced errors to Griekspoor's 35, and his 90% on first-serve points (53 of 59) let him hold through the 6-3, 6-4 close. First clash between the two, first on clay, and Blockx leaves the Italian Open R64 with the H2H.