Italy brings its first brick to the second round of the Australian Open. Matteo Berrettini accomplishes a feat, beating the Spanish baby phenomenon after more than four hours of struggle Carlos Alcaraz, 31st seeded seed. Nothing to do instead for Lorenzo Sonego e Camila Giorgi. Saturday it’s up to Jannik Sinner, which closes the program of the Kia Arena facing the Japanese as the favorite Taro Daniel, n°120 del ranking.
Sonego eliminated in the 3rd round by Kecmanovic
Red light for Lorenzo Sonego in the third round of the Australian Open. The 26-year-old from Turin, 26 ATP and 25th seeded, gave up 6-4, 6-7, 6-2, 7-5, after a battle of three hours and 22 minutes, in the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, n.77 of the ranking. The 22-year-old from Belgrade lands in the second round for the first time. For the blue, at the fifth participation in Melbourne where he had never come so far, it was the third time in his career in the third round of a Grand Slam after Roland Garros 2020 and Wimbledon 2021 (on both occasions he had then reached the round of 16).
Giorgi surrenders to No. 1 Barty
The race of Camila Giorgi. The 30-year-old from Macerata, number 33 in the ranking and 30 in the seeding, has given up 6-2, 6-3 to the queen of world tennis Ashleigh Barty, in his ninth presence in the home Major where he boasts the semifinal reached in 2020. Two breaks in the first set for the No. 1 in the ranking, who then closed the discussion in the 2nd partial with the break in the sixth game. Giorgi, the only Italian tennis player remaining in the race, was at her tenth participation in Melbourne where for the fourth time she reached the third round (also achieved in 2015, 2019 and 2020): the eighths, on the other hand, remain a taboo.
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