Cobolli triumphs in Hamburg: Rublev Ko in two sets. Now it’s the number 26 of the world

The recipe to win his first 500 had written it yesterday on the camera, after beating Etcheverry: “claws and heart”. Flavio Cobolli Azzanna another title, the second in his career: he conquers Hamburg by overcoming Andrey Rublev in the final on the red, the color that gave him the first laurel at the ATP level (a month and a half ago, in Bucharest) and on which he continues to skate with enviable safety. It ends 6-2 6-4 in an hour and a half, it is a final soul and heart that played by the blue that on Monday morning, when preparing the debut at Roland Garros, will wake up at number 26 of the world. A new retouching to the best ranking to try to treat yourself to further satisfaction in Paris. Rublev, on the other hand, fails the appointment with the second seasonal title after that of Doha.

First set dominated

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The blue that takes advantage of the opponent’s waste and packs a sensational break at the first game, thanks to a double foul by Rublev. The Russian immediately gets nervous: a reversal basket in the corridor and then throws the racket on the ground, while Cobolli continues to hammer (also taking advantage of a lucky tape) and scored another break, going up 3-0. At the Rublev field gearbox, he takes a knee -up rackets by causing a showy cut. The self-harm works in half: this time to pour with the reverse is Cobolli, with the Russian that leaves him 15-40 and recovers one of the two breaks, recuinating on 2-4. But Flavio immediately raises the volume: fabulous Lungolinea backhand, then the slap on the fly with which he creates new problems at the service of the opponent. And he returns to two breaks. The blue serves for the set, cancels the idea of ​​the counterbreak with a powerful before and archives the first part: 6-2 in exact half hour.

Claws

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The start of the second set is softer. Rublev, after an inevitable visit to the locker room during the interval, earns precision in the exchange and avoids another shocking departure, remaining on serves on 2-1. Flavio does not make a grin and on the contrary, he wins an exchange from screaming with the straight before setting up the Russian with a great recovery in the backspin. The most spectacular game is the sixth, with Flavio at the service: Rublev builds three break balls, sending an out of a nail. The blue drags the situation to the advantages and wins the most beautiful exchange of the game: first defends with the helmet, then gets closer to the net and closes with the winner. The game touches the 20 points, Cobolli screams a “vamos!” to bad thoughts and does 3-3. Once the claws have been crouched, it is a waste to pull them back: the blue senses its superiority when the point becomes a marathon and builds the break, protecting it at the next service to climb 5-3. Of course, easy game no longer exist: when it comes to serving for the Match Cobolli it grants two break balls, but still cancels them, bringing the total account to 6. And then it sews another fairytale long long: Rublev surrenders, Flavio dives on the German red earth and triggers the party. It is the fourth Italian in the Open era to succeed, after Bertolucci, Fognini and, in 2022, Lorenzo Musetti. Hamburg brings us very well.

Bolelli and Vavassori Super

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The morning in Hamburg was touched by blue thanks to the triumph in the double of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. The best possible trusted injection in view of Roland Garros (where they will debut against Herbert and Mahut) arrived in the perfect week of Hamburg: four wins on the velvet. The performance in the final is also flawless: 6-4 6-0 to the Molteni-Roman couple to recover points and morals in view of Paris. Last year Bolelli and Vavassori closed Roland Garros with a bitter defeat in the final: now there is a desire for redemption.