Two defeats and one victory: this is the balance recorded by the Azzurri playing in Roehampton today. Alone Mattia Bellucci – among Italian tennis players – managed to get through to the decisive round in the qualifying tournament Wimbledon.
The player born in 2001 has passed Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-6(3), 6-3; While Matteo Gigante And Stefano Napolitano they surrendered respectively to Alejandro Moro Canas And Roman Andres Burruchaga.
Wimbledon Qualifying – Bellucci in the decisive round, Gigante and Napolitano eliminated
Fresh from the qualifications passed at Roland GarrosBellucci will try to win the second consecutive main draw in a Grand Slam tournament.
The 23-year-old found himself a break down after starting the match well, but prevented Zapata MIralles from running away with a great game in response at 2-4. Bellucci was then good at managing the tie-break better than his opponent, ending with an important 7-3.
Both acquired greater solidity in serving in the second set: Bellucci took a fundamental step towards the victory at 3-2 by breaking his rival. In the next game he erased a break point and protected the lead.
Bellucci will play the main draw against David Goffin. The first set lost at the end of a real battle probably dealt a heavy blow to Gigante, who lost 5-7, 2-6 to Moro Canas. Gigante missed four chances in the fifth game and lost serve at 5-6 after saving three set points.
The Italian updated his score only twice in the second half. Two breaks – one in the first and one in the second – stopped Napolitano. Burruchaga offered the Biella native just one chance to get back on track at 4-3 and he responded by prevailing with a double 6-4.
