This afternoon with Jasmine Paolini, protagonist of the WTA 1000 in Madrid and the only Italian on the singles court. For the world number 13 a very tough opponent like Caroline Garcia, number 24 and semi-finalist on the indoor clay court in Rouen last week and a tennis player in form. The two will play the fourth match on court 2, the one dedicated to Arantxa Sanchez. The Frenchwoman is ahead 5-1 in the direct clashes against the 28 year old from Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, the most recent played in the United Cup, at the beginning of January, in Australia. It won’t be easy for Paolini, but coach Renzo Furlan’s student has been playing for a few months now, and she certainly won’t be beaten against a player, Garcia, who has never had regularity as her weapon. improve. Another Italian, Lucia Bronzetti, will play in doubles, paired with Ludmilla Samsonova.
it’s up to alcaraz
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Today the tournament’s number 2 seed and reigning champion, Carlos Alcaraz, will also take to the field and will challenge the Brazilian Seyboth Wild on the Manolo Santana no earlier than 4pm. Evening session, from 8pm, again in the main court of the Caja Magica, with the reigning champion Aryna Sabalenka who will challenge the American Robin Montgomery, followed by the potentially beautiful challenge between Alexander Zverev and the Canadian Denis Shapovalov, who will gradually it is returning to good levels. Also on the field, among the most anticipated, are Holger Rune, against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor, Andrey Rublev, who will challenge Davidovich Fokina, and Elena Rybakina, who will have the opening match of the day on Santana against Sherif. The entire tournament is live on Sky Sport and streaming on Now.
