There was no chance that Rafael Nadal would defend the title in Rome. The Spanish tennis player, who has already won ten titles at the Internazionali d’Italia, was defeated in the third round by Denis Shapovalov due to a foot injury, with which he has lived for years, as he stated in the press conference after the defeat.No Spaniard, therefore, passed the third round of the Masters 1000 in Rome; also due to the absence of another Iberian, another long-awaited great on Italian clay: Carlos Alcaraz. The Spanish number two conquered the 1000th title in Madrid, beating Alexander Zverev in straight s …