A disastrous qualifying day with ten of the eleven Italians eliminated in the first round. The Internazionali BNL d’Italia dream continues only for Francesco Passarowho he eliminated in straight sets Aleksandar Kovacevic It is against Duje Ajdukovic dreams of entry into the main draw.
Italian debacle in the 1st round of the qualifiers
Many of the Italians left the scene in the first round of the qualifiers, defeats also due to a less than benevolent draw for the tennis players from the beautiful country. In the men’s draw, the first to leave the scene was Francesco Maestrelliwho lost in three sets (1-6 6-3 3-6) – after having also found himself ahead by a break in the third – to the rising star of Chinese tennis Juncheng Shang (born 2005), then it was the turn of Giovanni Orandinieliminated by Thiago Monteiro (6-4 6-4) – who eliminated Stefanos Tsitsipas in Madrid a week ago -, Andrea Picchionerecovered by Maximilian Marterer with the result of 6-4 3-6 5-7, and Samuel Vincent Ruggeri, beaten by the expert Richard Gasquet 6-1 7-5.
It didn’t go any better in the women’s draw either, where in the morning Sofia Rocchetti she lost in straight sets to Rebeka Masarova, then later in the day they were also eliminated Anastasia Abbagnato6-3 6-1 in favor of Viktoriya Tomova, Eleonora Aloisi6-1 6-1 for Varava Gracheva, Jennifer Ruggeri, beaten 6-2 7-6 by Katie Volynets, Silvia Ambrosiobeaten in comeback (4-6 6-4 6-3) by Viktorija Golubic, and Beatrice RicciDefeated 6-3 6-3 by Laura Siegemund.
Passaro still dreams
The only happy note in this first day of qualifying is the victory of Francesco Passaro on Aleksandar Kovacevic in two sets at the end of a hard-fought match and took home with a double 7-5. Excellent performance from the Perugian, who controlled the match well against the world no. 89, pushing especially on the forehand side, and won the most important points. Between I’ll pass and the main draw of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia now there is Duje Ajdukovicwhich he beat Zsombor Piros 7-6 3-6 6-2.
Also Schwartzman, Nakashima and Medjedovic in the 2nd round
Among those who passed the first qualifying round we also find Diego Schwartzman who, fresh from announcing his retirement in 2025, eliminated another expert ferraiolo in three sets Albert Ramos-Vinolas with the result 6-1 3-6 7-5 and can dream of participating one last time in the Italian internationalstournament where in 2020 he obtained against Rafael Nadal his most important victory. The last two winners of the ATP Next Gen Finals also advance Brandon Nakashimawho beat Nerman Fatic 7-6 7-5, e Hamed Medjedovicvictorious over Camilo Ugo Carabelli with the result of 7-6 6-2.
