From nowwith qualifications and until May 5thtaking into account the main draw, the Challenger 175 from Cagliari will take center stage. A sort of reparation test for players ousted prematurely Masters1000 of Madrid. As happened a few weeks ago with Phoenix, in the week of the 1000 at Indian Wells, the same will happen on the Sardinian red clay.
We will see several exponents of the Bel Paese in action again. Think about it Lorenzo Musettin.2 of the seeding, who will want to rediscover the best sensations after the bad test in the Spanish capital, eliminated on his debut by the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (6-4 6-4). A great level scoreboard that has in the American Frances Tiafoeanother disappointment in Spain, the No. 1 seed
At home in Italy they will also respond present Lorenzo Sonego, Luciano Darderias well as Giulio Zeppieri and Francesco Maestrelli, included in the main draw thanks to a wild card. We will have to pay attention to the Argentine Mariano Navoneon the rise this year and defeated by the Dane Holger Rune in Madrid for a pasting and not without regret.
In all this, the performances of the Italians in terms of Olympic qualification must be weighed, remembering the Race to Olympics and the deadline of 10 June 2024. Currently the tennis players qualified in singles for Italy would be Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Musetti, Matteo Arnaldi and Luciano Darderi. Sonego, behind in this ranking and fresh from the heavy defeat suffered by Sinner at the Caja Magica, is called upon to score points, but Darderi will clearly want to confirm his status before the Internazionali d’Italia in Rome. Not to be forgotten then Fabio Fogniniwhich will have its say on the beloved red earth.
CHALLENGER175 CAGLIARI BOARD
(1) Tiafoe vs bye
Fognini vs Coria
Daniel vs Ugo Carabelli
(8) Darderi vs Tirante
(3) Navone vs bye
Altmaier vs (Q)
Nava vs (Q)
(5) Sonego vs Michelsen
(WC) Zeppieri vs (6) Fucsovics
Piros vs Svajda
Galan vs Albot
(4) Eubanks vs. bye
(7) Borges vs Masters (WC)
Varillas vs. Nishioka
(Q) vs (Q)
(2) Musetti vs bye
RACE TO OLYMPICS ITALY
*Ranking that takes into account the performance of the last 52 weeks expiring on June 10, 2024, the day after Roland Garros. A ranking rewarding the top-56, but with individual countries that can have a maximum of four representatives in singles.
1. Jannik Sinner 8575
34. Lorenzo Musetti 1070
43. Matteo Arnaldi 965
47. Luciano Darderi 861
53. Flavio Cobolli 795
58. Lorenzo Sonego 771
