In view of Wimbledon they will be played for the second week on grass, between London, Halle, Birmingham and Berlin.
3.20pm – Matteo Arnaldi (23) also leaves the scene in London. The blue lost against Rinky Hijikata (23) with a double 7-6.
3.05pm – Nothing to do instead for Luciano Darderi (22), defeated after a daring match against Jan-Lennard Struff (34), who prevailed 6-7, 7-5, 7-6 (10).
1.55pm – Matteo Berrettini (28) qualified for the round of 16 of the tournament in Halle, Germany, beating the 19-year-old American Alex Michelsen (19) in two sets, with a score of 7-6, 6-2. The Roman was supposed to play the match yesterday, which was eventually postponed due to bad weather, getting an extra day of rest after playing the final in Stuttgart last Sunday. Tomorrow, Berrettini will face another American, Marcos Giron, capable of eliminating the Russian Andrey Rublev, number 4 in the world, on his debut.
09:30 – Welcome to another day of action on the playing fields. There are some big names looking to improve their form on the green grass ahead of Wimbledon.
In Halle, Daniil Medvedev (28) is in action against Zhizhen Zhang (27), while at Queen’s in London Andy Murray (37) plays his 1,001st match on the tour against Jordan Thompson (30) and Grigor Dimitrov (33) faces l rising star Sebastian Korda (23).
In the women’s tournament, former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova (24) will look to improve her form in Berlin, while world number three Aryna Sabalenka (26) will return to the court for the first time since Roland Garros against Daria Kasatkina (27).
In all this there are six Italians who will take the field today: Matteo Berrettini (28), Luciano Darderi (22), Lorenzo Sonego (29), Matteo Arnaldi (23), Elisabetta Cocciaretto (23) and Lucia Bronzetti (25).
