Stefano Napolitano in the photo – Photo Patrick Boren
European grass turns blue thanks to the performance of Stefano Napolitano and Lucrezia Stefanini in the qualifiers of the ATP tournaments in ‘s-Hertogenbosch and WTA tournaments in Nottingham.
Napolitano, after overcoming Yu Hsiou Hsu of China Taipei yesterday, today beat old Dutch glory Robin Haase with a score of 6-4, 7-6(3). The Biella native dominated the tie-break of the second set after wasting a match point and suffering a counterbreak. In the main draw, Napolitano will challenge the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, a difficult match with the Frenchman very comfortable on grass courts.
Md
(1) de Minaur, Alex vs. Bye
(WC) van Rijthoven, Tim vs (LL) Bergs, Zizou
Bautista Agut, Roberto vs (Q) Huesler, Marc-Andrea
(PR) Raonic, Milos vs (8) Thompson, Jordan
(3) Humbert, Ugo vs. Bye
Phils, Arthur vs Cazaux, Arthur
Mensik, Jakub vs (Q) Brouwer, Gijs
(Q) Napolitano, Stefano vs (5) Mannarino, Adrian
(6) Griekspoor, Tallon vs Kecmanovic, Miomir
(WC) van de Zandschulp, Botic vs McDonald, Mackenzie
Purcell, Max vs Vukic, Aleksandar
Bye vs (4) Khachanov, Karen
(7) Korda, Sebastian vs (Q) Schoolkate, Tristan
(WC) Goffin, David vs Nardi, Luca
Popyrin, Alexei vs Hijikata, Rinky
Bye vs (2) Paul, Tommy
ATP ‘s-Hertogenbosch
4
6
6
7
Winner: Napolitano
Service
Execution
Set 2
Tie-break
0*-0
0-1*
0-2*
0*-3
1*-3
1-4*
1-5*
1*-6
3-6*
6-6 → 6-7
S. Napolitano
0-15
3-3pm
30-15
40-15
40-30
6-5 → 6-6
R. Haase
15-0
30-0
30-15
30-30
30-40
df
40-40
A-40
5-5 → 6-5
R. Haase
0-15
0-30
15-30
30-30
30-40
40-40
3-5 → 4-5
S. Napolitano
15-0
30-0
30-15
30-30
30-40
40-40
A-40
ace
40-40
A-40
3-4 → 3-5
S. Napolitano
0-15
df
3-3pm
15-30
30-30
40-30
2-3 → 2-4
R. Haase
0-15
0-30
15-30
30-30
30-40
40-40
40-A
df
40-40
A-40
40-40
df
A-40
1-3 → 2-3
S. Napolitano
15-0
3-3pm
15-30
15-40
30-40
40-40
A-40
1-2 → 1-3
R. Haase
15-0
30-0
40-0
40-15
40-30
40-40
A-40
40-40
df
A-40
0-2 → 1-2
S. Napolitano
15-0
30-0
40-0
40-15
40-30
40-40
A-40
0-1 → 0-2
R. Haase
15-0
3-3pm
30-15
30-30
30-40
0-0 → 0-1
Service
Execution
Set 1
S. Napolitano
15-0
ace
30-0
40-0
ace
40-15
40-30
40-40
A-40
4-5 → 4-6
R. Haase
15-0
3-3pm
df
30-15
30-30
df
40-30
ace
40-40
A-40
3-5 → 4-5
S. Napolitano
15-0
30-0
30-15
40-15
40-30
3-4 → 3-5
R. Haase
15-0
3-3pm
15-30
15-40
df
3-3 → 3-4
S. Napolitano
15-0
3-3pm
30-15
30-30
40-30
ace
40-40
A-40
ace
3-2 → 3-3
R. Haase
15-0
3-3pm
30-15
40-15
40-30
2-2 → 3-2
S. Napolitano
15-0
3-3pm
30-15
30-30
30-40
40-40
A-40
1-0 → 1-1
R. Haase
15-0
30-0
40-0
40-15
40-30
df
0-0 → 1-0
Also Lucrezia Stefanini achieved access to the main draw of the WTA 250 in Nottingham. The Tuscan, after beating the British Amarni Banks in the first round, prevailed over the Australian Talia Gibson with a clear 6-4, 6-1. The eight consecutive games won by Stefanini after being down 2-4 in the first set were decisive. For her, this is the eighth grass tournament of her career, a surface on which she reached the main draw of Wimbledon last year. In the first round, Stefanini could face the Japanese-born Briton Yuriko Miyazaki, another qualifier, the Chinese Lin Zhu, the Swiss Viktorija Golubic or the former Slam champion Emma Raducanu.
WTA Nottingham
0
6
6
0
0
4
1
0
Winner: Stefanini
Service
Execution
Set 3
Service
Execution
Set 2
Lucrezia Stefanini
5-1 → 6-1
Talia Gibson
15-0
3-3pm
30-15
30-30
30-40
4-1 → 5-1
Lucrezia Stefanini
4-0 → 4-1
Lucrezia Stefanini
2-0 → 3-0
Talia Gibson
0-15
3-3pm
30-15
40-15
40-30
40-40
40-A
1-0 → 2-0
Lucrezia Stefanini
0-15
3-3pm
30-15
30-30
40-30
0-0 → 1-0
Service
Execution
Set 1
Talia Gibson
15-0
30-0
40-0
40-15
40-30
40-40
40-A
40-40
40-A
5-4 → 6-4
Lucrezia Stefanini
4-4 → 5-4
Talia Gibson
0-15
0-30
0-40
15-40
30-40
3-4 → 4-4
Lucrezia Stefanini
2-4 → 3-4
Lucrezia Stefanini
0-15
3-3pm
15-30
15-40
30-40
40-40
40-A
2-2 → 2-3
Talia Gibson
0-15
3-3pm
30-15
40-15
40-30
40-40
40-A
1-2 → 2-2
Lucrezia Stefanini
15-0
30-0
30-15
30-30
40-30
40-40
A-40
0-2 → 1-2
Talia Gibson
15-0
3-3pm
30-15
40-15
40-30
0-1 → 0-2
Lucrezia Stefanini
0-15
3-3pm
15-30
30-30
30-40
0-0 → 0-1
Marco Rossi