The 500 tournament in Halle opened with a victory and a defeat for Italian tennis, waiting for Jannik Sinner to make his debut as world number 1 on June 18th. Protagonists Lorenzo Sonego and Flavio Cobolli: the Turin native won a good match against Miomir Kecmanovic in two tie breaks, coming back at the end of the second from down 5-2; Cobolli instead lost to Hubi Hurkacz, still playing an excellent match against an expert player on grass: 7-5 7-6 the score.
in Halle
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It was clear that it would be a very complicated test for Flavio, also because he has almost no experience on the grass. The blue worried Hurkacz, number 9 in the world: it was a shame not to have taken the first set to a tie break after recovering a break deficit, while in the second set Flavio canceled two match points at 6-5 but succumbed to the tie break , seven points to two. Good signs however for Cobolli, the same obviously goes for Sonego: Lorenzo won a fighting but also quality match, as demonstrated by the splendid passer with whom he ended the match. The Italian could find Sascha Zverev in the second round, involved in the German derby against Oscar Otte on June 18th: the champion of the Italian Internazionali will play the third match on the central court after Sinner-Griekspoor, with Jannik therefore the protagonist around lunch time , after Giron-Rublev. Shortly afterwards it will be the turn of Matteo Berrettini, involved in the third match on court 1 against the qualifier Alex Michelsen.
at Queen’s
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No surprises in Halle: victory also for Daniil Medvedev, in two sets against Nuno Borges. While in the twin tournament, the 500 at Queen’s, he has already said goodbye to Holger Rune: the Danish player was surprised by the Australian Jordan Thompson, who won in three sets. Nice victory for Grigor Dimitrov: 6-1 6-2 over Adrian Mannarino. In the British tournament, Matteo Arnaldi (at 1pm against Ugo Humbert) and Lorenzo Musetti (at the same time with Alex De Minaur) will play tomorrow, as well as Carlos Alcaraz: the Spaniard will challenge Francisco Cerundolo.
