Despite the exit from the scene in the quarter-finals of the home favourite, Francesco Passaro and of the “star” of the Tournament, the former world number 9 Fabio Fognini (defeated by the number 1 seed Darderi 6-1, 6- 2, in front of over a thousand people in the stands), the City of Perugia Tennis Internationals | GIMa. Tennis Cup have not lost their charm. So much so that the stands of the Perugian club continue to cheer for this prestigious and important event in international tennis.
At this point, the leader of this edition of the Perugian tournament is the Indian Sumit Nagal, who started as the number six seed and is now in the final, ready for the last effort of the week. Nagal has reached the final obstacle, taking the match away from Zapata Miralles yesterday in an interminable three-set match, which lasted almost three hours and which enthralled the audience quite a bit.
The first set went to the Indian at the tie break, the Spaniard won the second 6-1, while in the third and decisive set Nagal closed 6-2. A beautiful story that of the Indian tennis player who turned his career around in the last tournaments. “I’m having a great time in Perugia – he said between one victory and another of the Perugian tournament – the event is well organized and there is a large audience, a factor that characterizes the Italian Challengers. The food, as usual, is fantastic. I’m always happy to play in this country.”
At 26, Nagal’s destiny changed with the second round of the Australian Open reached at the beginning of the season. From there new motivations and a crucial economic supply: “For me that result was important, then in general I feel good physically and this finally allows me to choose which tournaments to play and to do it to the best of my possibilities”, declared the Indian tennis player preparing for the last act, the final scheduled today.
Even if among fans there remains regret for the early exit of the two stars Francesco Passaro and Fabio Fognini.
