In Morocco the blue dominates the first set (6-2) and after a short empty passage it is imposed (7-5) after an hour and 23 ‘: he will meet Griekspoor or Carreno Busta. Soon it’s up to Darderi and Sonego

Mattia Bellucci flies to the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 of Marrakech, tournament on the red earth, last year won by Matteo Berrettini. The blue had the best of the Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert (n. 169 World ranking) with the score of 6-2 7-5 in an hour and 23 minutes, in a game played very well, with a small empty passage at the beginning of the second set.

the challenge

First partial dominant, for the Rotterdam semi-finalist, very solid in the service and ready to exploit the errors of the Frenchman and the break balls had, converted without too many problems for a clear 6-2 after 32 minutes of play. In the second set it was Herbert who took a break of advantage, climbing 3-1, but it was a moment, given that the Frenchman suffered the counterbreak from Bellucci in the next game. The blue then closed the accounts to the eleventh game, where the second break of the set has allowed Bellucci to close the meeting. The Italian, tomorrow, in the quarterfinals, will face the winner between Griekspoor and Carreno Busta.

Others

In the afternoon in Morocco two other blues will play: Luciano Darderi against Hugo Gaston and Lorenzo Sonego against the Czech Kopriva.

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