It’s time to put aside the disappointment and start the race again. The Internationals of Rome have ended for many Italian athletes who are now preparing to restart again direction Roland Garros. The ideal solution is one step away from home and also one step away from France with the Challenger of Turin which will see a very large blue patrol at the starting line.
Musetti: will you leave Turin again after retiring?
Lorenzo Musetti announced it at the press conference. The Tuscan tennis player was forced to withdraw from the Rome Internationals while he was engaged in the second set against the Frenchman Atmane. A virus that hit him in the 24 hours before his debut match did not allow him to take the court with the right preparation until the decision to stop in the second set. Musetti’s ranking has worsened considerably over the last few months even if the final reached in Cagliari seemed to mark a clear change of direction. TO Torino, barring a forfeit in the last few hours, will be the number 1 seed.
Arnaldi: desire for revenge
Desire for revenge too Matteo Arnaldi appearing at the Foro Italico as “number 2 in Italian tennis”. The rankings that still see Musetti as the best Italian after Jannik Sinner don’t say it, but the Ligurian’s recent results said so. On the Roman fields, however, things did not go as hoped with Arnaldi forced to surrender in second round against the Chilean Jarry. The number 3 seed went to the Sanremo player.
Sonego does the honors
Lorenzo Sonego has never lacked the desire to fight, what has been missing in recent months are above all results. Also in Rome for Sonny there was a decidedly premature elimination. The ranking, after knockout with the Serbian Lajovicit becomes decidedly complicated and the change of coach with thefarewell to Arbino and the promotion of Colangelo, for the moment it has not produced the desired effects. The Piedmontese will obviously be the home idol in Turin where he hopes to score important points for the ranking especially with the prospect of the Paris Olympics.
Darderi and Nardi on the scoreboard: all the Italians at the start
It will obviously be a tournament with strong Italian colors Piedmont Openwith the blue tennis players who have chosen Turin as their approach march: in the main draw there are in fact both Luciano Darderi returning from a wonderful experience at the Internationals which ended only in front of Zverev, who Luca Nardi who instead in Rome had to bow to Rune. But they also appear in the main draw Flavio Cobolli (seed number 6), Fabio Fognini, Francesco Passaro.
