A chiaroscuro day for the last Italians involved in the Roland Garros 2024 tennis qualifiers: in the women’s cadet draw Sara Errani celebrates, entering the main draw, while among the men Andrea Vavassori and Francesco Maestrelli stopped in the decisive round.
Sara Errani, number 1 of the cadet seedinghas to resort to a double tiebreak to overcome the difficult Romanian Elena Gabriela Ruse: two hours and nine minutes of play are needed for the Italian to overcome her opponent, who was defeated with a score of 7-6 (8) 7-6 (4).
Andrea Vavassori he was instead beaten by the German Henri Squire, who was victorious 6-3 3-6 6-4 in two hours and eleven minutes of play. The blue lost the first set, but then dominated the second set and seemed to fly in the third too, but at 4-2 the lights went out and the Teutonic player played four consecutive games and turned the match around.
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Francesco Maestrelli is finally surpassed by Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin, number 25 of the cadet seeding, which imposes itself for 6-4 6-7 (4) 6-3 in two hours and 43 minutes. The Italian tennis player starts badly in the first set and does not come back, while in the second match he recovers and then dominates the tiebreak, finally the decisive portion sees the Kazakh’s definitive extension with a break in the eighth game.
