Serie B2 men. Yesterday, on the first day of the men’s Serie B2, the newly promoted Tennis Club Faenza achieved a good 3-3 draw on the courts of the Circolo del Castellazzo Parma. A victory and a defeat in the first two singles, with Edoardo Pompei beating Leonardo Chiari 6-4 6-3, while Mattia Bandini lost 6-0 6-4 against Filippo Botti. Identical situation after the other two singles, with the Serbian Matej Sabanov, on his debut in the Faenza shirt, who easily overcame Tommaso Bonazzi 6-4 6-1, while Giacomo Botticelli was defeated by Alessandro Tombolini 6-1 7-6 ( 8-6 the tiebreak). The situation of balance also continued in the two doubles: nothing to be done for the Faenza players Edoardo Pompei and Giacomo Botticelli, defeated 6-2 6-2 by Filippo Botti and Tommaso Bonazzi, while Matej Sabanov and Mattia Bandini managed to get the better of in the photo finish at the super tiebreak against Leonardo Chiari and Sebastiano Tombolini 6-3 4-6 10-8. «It could have gone better, but it could have gone even worse – comments the player captain Edoardo Pompei – Unfortunately the surface on which we played the matches did not help us, because the judge decided that the red clay courts were impracticable, so we played on indoor carpet courts. And up there, the 3-3 suits us well. We thank Sabanov, who immediately brought us two fundamental victories.”
Women’s B2 series. The difficult path of the Tennis Club Faenza in the women’s Serie B2 championship begins with an internal defeat. The team entrusted to teacher Paola Tampieri was beaten 3-1 by the Tennis Club Finale Ligure. The number one player from Faenza, Alessia Ercolino, after starting well, taking a 4-1 lead in the first set, was recovered and beaten by Ludovica Penna 6-4 6-2. Quite a similar situation for the young manfreda Sandy Mamini, who after having also led in the first set, then lost against Daniela Gramaticopolo, who won 6-4 6-0. Comeback victory for the Ligurians also in the third singles: the very young Aurora Fabbri from Faenza, after winning the first set, could do nothing against the return of Silvia Mocciola, who prevailed 1-6 6-4 6-2. The winning point for the Faenza team arrived in doubles, where Alessia Ercolino and Veronica Valgimigli easily beat Daniela Gramaticopolo and Silvia Mocciola 6-4 6-0.
