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Coach “G.’s away match ends with a 4-2 defeat. Stasi” of Galatina in Lucca, against one of the best teams in the championship.
«There is a lot of regret – says the technical director and captain Donato Marrocco – for this defeat, unfortunately at the moment things are not going as we would like. It’s a shame about Bellifemine’s match which could have allowed us to end the day with a draw. In the last two defeats, bad luck also played a decisive role, influencing matches that could have had very different results given the high potential of all our players.”
Here are the results of the individual matches: Donev Gabriel Todorov against Cardinale Andrea 6-2/6-2, Mazzeschi Emanuele against Novo Ignacio 6-7(2-7)/2-6, Pierro Emanuele against Romano Nicolò 6-1/6- 1 and Ribecai Michele against Bellifemine Alessandro Raffaele 6-4/6-4.
In the doubles Mazzeschi Emanuele/Cerri Andrea against Novo Ignacio/Binda Alexander 6-1/4-6/4-10 and Ribecai Michele/Donev Gabriel Todorov against Cardinale Andrea/Duma Jacopo 6-3/6-0.
«Our path in the championship is becoming a little more complicated – concludes the captain – but we are still very confident for the last two matches of the group where we will meet Eur and Modena».
We remind you that the top three teams in the group will play the play-offs for promotion to A2, the fourth-placed team is saved, the fifth and sixth will compete in the play-offs to stay in B1 and the seventh-placed team will be relegated.
If the first team is experiencing a moment of difficulty, the weekend saw the success of the women’s team on the first day of the D2 championship, celebrating their debut with a victory over Coach Collepasso. Larizza Mazzotta, Michela Romanello, Giorgia Nocco and Angela Mandorino, all athletes born and raised tennis in the Galatina club in the Guidano district, which confirms the propensity to use athletes from their own academy, a guarantee of continuity for the local tennis movement.
The tennis school of coach “Giovanni Stasi” therefore confirms its positive moment with over 200 athletes enrolled in its courses, the second largest club in Salento, with the under 12 men’s, under 16 men’s and women’s teams shining on the court, conquering each winning their own championship and qualifying for the regional stages.
Sunday 2 June home match against the Circolo tennis Eur of Rome, which lost first place in the rankings, having been defeated away from home by Pavia. A very tight championship finale to keep us hoping.
