Four Italians and one Italian will be protagonists on Wednesday in Madrid, the second Master 1000 of the season on clay. Luciano Darderi will take to the field on the main court, third match from 11am, against the eternal Gael Monfils. The lower part of the draw is played out, so Jannik Sinner will make his debut as the number one seed on Saturday, where he will face one of Lorenzo Sonego or Richard Gasquet, with the Frenchman having obtained qualification today by beating the Croatian Ajdukovic.
ERRANI AND THE OTHERS
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Also on the central Caja Magica, on Wednesday, there will also be another eternal tennis player like Sara Errani, 37 years old on 29 April, who obtained the pass by beating in the decisive qualifying round with a score of 7-5 4-6 6-1 , after more than two and a half hours of battle, the Spanish Leyre Romero Gormaz. Errani will take to the court no earlier than 5pm against former world number one Caroline Wozniacki, competing with a wild card and who reached the final in Madrid in 2009, defeated by Safina. Also debut for Martina Trevisan, n.76 in the ranking, who will face in the first round the American Sloane Stephens, n.33 in the world, who has just won her eighth career title in Rouen. There are no precedents between the 30-year-old left-hander from Florence and the 31-year-old from Plantation, Florida. Elisabetta Cocciaretto, n.54 WTA, will be engaged against the Polish Magda Linette, n.48 in the ranking, finalist in Rouen. Whoever wins this match will be the debut opponent for the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, seeded number 2 and reigning champion of the tournament. Also on the field is Lucia Bronzetti, n.46 WTA, who was instead drawn in the first round against the Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva, n.91 in the ranking.
