Finally we play on the stadium pitch of the Sporting press club in Turin, after two days in which the bad weather practically never gave respite and postponed all the scheduled matches. Around 3.45pm the sun began to shine in the Piedmontese city and the organizers began the Challenger 175 tournament with the round of 32.
6 matches were completed throughout the afternoon, before the rain took over again in the evening. Luciano Darderiseeded fifth in the main draw, took less than an hour and a half to beat Argentine Camilo Ugo Carabelli.
The blue did not start in the best way in both sets (he ended up 3-1 down in the first and 2-0 in the second) but he was able to react and reverse the trend, prevailing with a score of 6-4, 6-3 . On the central he then touched Fabio Fognini and Giulio Zeppieri face each other.
A very particular presence for the Sanremo native, back at Sporting sixteen years after his victory in the Challenger which gave him the first career title in the category. The Ligurian proved superior throughout the match, managing to tame the Roman with a clear 6-2, 6-3.
Now, for the 36 year old, there will be the highly anticipated crossing with the number 3 of the main draw Matteo Arnaldi.
Maestrelli advances in the derby, Nardi interrupted at the best moment
Was Francesco Maestrelli to prevail in the other all-Italian derby with Mattia Bellucci.
The final result of the match was 6-4, 6-2, which allowed the 21-year-old from Pisa to reach the Brazilian Felipe Meligeni Alves in the next round. Truly interrupted at the most beautiful point, in the crucial moment of the challenge, the battle between Luca Nardi and JJ
Wolf. The 20-year-old from Pesaro won the first set 7-5, while the American won the second set with the same score. The match was suspended at 4-4 and 30-15, with serve for the American.
We will resume on Friday, the day on which we will have to try to play all the round of 16 matches and the quarterfinals themselves.
