Bronzetti wins a marathon and finds Stephens. In the men’s, Zeppieri, Travaglia and Maestrelli advance. Bitter stop for the man from Palermo and Passaro. Stefanini and Ambrosio are also out
Four Italians in the decisive round of the Australian Open qualifiers. Among women Lucia Bronzetti, n. 106 WTA and second seed in the qualifiers, she won a 2 hour and 51 minute battle against the American Mary Stoiana, n. 221, with the score 7-6(9) 1-6 6-4. Tomorrow the Romagna native will play for access to the main draw against another American, Sloane Stephens, a former slam winner who has fallen beyond the thousandth WTA position and is on the field thanks to her protected ranking.
Stefanini and Ambrosio out
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Lucrezia Stefanini, on the other hand, lost 7-5 6-2 in 2 hours and 6 minutes to the American Whitney Osuigwe, and Silvia Ambrosio, n. 214 Wta, forced to retire due to a physical problem at the beginning of the second set, at 6-3 2-0 for the German Tamara Korpatsch.
three blues ahead
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Three Italians advance in the men’s draw. Giulio Zeppieri, n. 156 ATP, the American Brandon Holt came back to win 6-7(4) 7-5 6-4 at the end of almost two and a half hours. Tomorrow the 24-year-old from Latina will compete for the main draw – it would be the second time in Melbourne, after 2024 – against the Japanese Rei Sakamoto. Stefano Travaglia, n., also did well. 189 ATP, comeback victorious 4-6 6-1 6-4 in just over an hour and three quarters in what was a true Spanish generational confrontation Martin Landaluce. Also in the decisive round was Francesco Maestrelli, n. 141, who beat the Brazilian Tiago Seyboth Wild 7-6(2) 6-4 in 1 hour and 36 minutes. The 23-year-old from Pisa will look for his first main draw in Melbourne against the Serbian Dusan Lajovic.
China, what a shame!
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Francesco Passaro and Federico Cinà stop instead. The 25 year old from Perugia, n. 140 ATP was defeated 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2, after almost 2 hours and 45 minutes, by the American Tristan Boyer, while the 18-year-old from Palermo was held back by physical problems while he was ahead in the score and lost 4-6 6-2 6-3 in 1 hour and 48 minutes to the Paraguayan Adolfo Daniel Vallejo.
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