Weekly Snapshot: Swiss Maestro Meets Fresh Prince

© Getty ImagesActor Will Smith, star of upcoming film Men In Black 3, presented Roger Federer the Mutua Madrid Open trophy.

Tap into the essentials of the week ahead and re-live the highlights of the past week with our Weekly Snapshot, as we serve up an executive summary of what every fan should know, along with a look at the best in social media.

LOOKING AHEAD

Who’s Playing This Week?
There is one ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Rome.

Internazionali BNL d’Italia: Every player ranked inside the Top 10 of the South African Airways ATP Rankings will battle it out for glory in Rome. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is the defending champion, and is joined by two-time finalist Roger Federer, five-time champion Rafael Nadal and fourth-ranked Andy Murray, who lost an epic semi-final to Djokovic last year.
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Potential Milestones (Career match wins as of 14 May, 2012)
Rome – Singles
Gilles Simon – 246 wins
Marin Cilic – 196 wins
Viktor Troicki – 146 wins
Thomaz Bellucci – 94 wins

Rome – Doubles
Frantisek Cermak – 345 wins

Rankings Movers
Roger Federer 2 (+1 spot)
Rafael Nadal 3 (-1 spot)
Juan Martin del Potro 9 (+2 spots)
Mardy Fish 11 (-2 spots)
Fernando Verdasco 16 (+3 spots)
Richard Gasquet 22 (-4 spots)
Tatsuma Ito 70 (+11 spots)
Xavier Malisse 83 (-11 spots)
Sam Querrey 89 (-13 spots)
Marinko Matosevic 92 (+13 spots)
Potito Starace 95 (-20 spots)
Paolo Lorenzi 96 (-18 spots)

Birthdays
15 May – Andy Murray (25)
15 May – Leonardo Mayer (25)
16 May – Lukasz Kubot (30)
16 May – Grigor Dimitrov (21)
18 May – Michael Llodra (32)
18 May – Kevin Anderson (26)
18 May – Tatsuma Ito (24)

Player To Watch: Tomas Berdych
The Czech enters Rome on the back of a runner-up finish to Roger Federer at the Mutua Madrid Open, his third career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final, and a semi-final showing at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters (l. to Djokovic). Berdych captured his seventh title earlier this season in Montpellier and is 26-7 on the year, having also reached the Australian Open quarter-finals and final four in Rotterdam. The 26 year old will face the winner of Lukasz Kubot and wild card Potito Starace in his opener.

Tidbits
• Roger Federer surpassed Rafael Nadal for No. 2 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings.
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Musical Chairs
Roger Federer jumped up to No. 2 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings for the first time since 14 March, 2011. See the last three times a player has moved into the No. 2 spot in the chart below...

How To Watch
Follow all of the action from Rome beginning 14 May.
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WEEK IN REVIEW

Top Player Tweets

@TursunovTales (Dmitry Tursunov) ‏
Just saw this comment - Common sense is so rare it should be considered a superpower!

‏@JohnIsner (John Isner)
"@Fabio_Fogna: @JohnIsner http://pic.twitter.com/7qpXUbNR" grande fabio! Great pic.

@RoscoHutchins (Ross Hutchins)
30 degrees outside, tennis, and 2 footy matches on 3 different channels..What to do, what to watch!!!!

@darren_cahill (Darren Cahill)
Wonderful moment for Fernando V. Born & resides in Madrid. Parents own a couple of restaurants in the city. Scores a win over Nadal at home

@rohanbopanna (Rohan Bopanna)
Watched a high high quality breaker won by Qureshi and Rojer against the bryans. Some ridiculous points and return winners.

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Video Of The Week
Watch highlights from the Mutua Madrid Open final, featuring third seed Roger Federer vs. No. 6 seed Tomas Berdych.

In Case You Missed It…
Madrid: Roger Federer rallied past Tomas Berdych 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 to capture his record-tying 20th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown at the Mutua Madrid Open.
Federer: “I Couldn’t Be More Happy Right Now”

Tidbits
• Officials in Halle, Germany have paid tribute to Roger Federer by creating ‘Roger-Federer-Allee’, a street leading into the main event stadium, Weststrasse.
Federer: “An Amazing Honour”
• Australian Samuel Groth hit an ace recorded at 163.4 mph (263 kph) Wednesday during an ATP Challenger event in Busan, South Korea, the fastest ever recorded at a professional tennis event.
Groth Hits Speedy Serves

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Tip Of The Week
Each week, we’ll provide you with a tip on how to get the most out of ATPWorldTour.com. This week, we’ll show you how to view all of the photos of celebrities in attendance at tour-level tournaments.

1. Click ‘Photos’ on the navigation bar.
2. On the ‘Select A Theme’ tab, click the double down arrow, and choose ‘Celebrities’ from the list.
3. All photos with this tag will appear.

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