Schedule: Federer Faces Early Wake-Up Call For Opener; Nadal, Djokovic In Action

A blockbuster Wednesday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia features Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in their second-round opening matches on Court Centrale in Rome.
Federer kicks off proceedings at 11am against Portugal’s Joao Sousa, and defending champion Nadal plays the following match against Frenchman Jeremy Chardy. World No. 1 Djokovic, who claimed the Mutua Madrid Open title on Sunday, headlines night session action against #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov. 
More to come…

ORDER OF PLAY – WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019
CENTRALE start 11:00 am
ATP – Joao Sousa (POR) vs [3] Roger Federer (SUI) 
ATP – Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) 
WTA match
Not Before 7:30 pm
ATP – [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 
Not Before 9:00 pm
WTA match
GRANDSTAND start 11:00 am
WTA match
ATP – [5] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 
ATP – Radu Albot (MDA) vs [10] Fabio Fognini (ITA) 
WTA match
ATP – David Goffin (BEL) vs [7] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) 

PIETRANGELI start 11:00 am
2 WTA matches 
ATP – [Q] Taylor Fritz (USA) vs [6] Kei Nishikori (JPN) 
ATP – [8] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs [WC] Jannik Sinner (ITA) 
WTA match 
COURT 1 start 11:00 am
2 WTA matches
ATP – [9] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 
ATP – Nick Kyrgios (AUS) vs [Q] Casper Ruud (NOR) 
COURT 3 start 11:00 am
ATP – [6] Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Michael Venus (NZL) vs Matwe Middelkoop (NED) / Gilles Simon (FRA) 
Not Before 12:00 noon
ATP – Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs [Q] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 
ATP – Kyle Edmund (GBR) / Neal Skupski (GBR) vs [4] Nikola Mektic (CRO) / Franko Skugor (CRO) 
ATP – [1] Lukasz Kubot (POL) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) vs Jurgen Melzer (AUT) / Dominic Thiem (AUT) 
COURT 4 start 11:00 am
2 WTA matches
Not Before 2:00 pm
ATP – Karen Khachanov (RUS) / Marc Lopez (ESP) vs Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) / Horia Tecau (ROU) or [7] Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA) 
ATP – [3] Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL) vs [Alt] Austin Krajicek (USA) / Artem Sitak (NZL) 
Source: ATP World Tour