WIMBLEDON (United Kingdom) – After the appetizer of the qualifiers and the draw of the draw, it gets serious at Wimbledon, in the second Slam of the 2024 tennis season. From today the men’s and women’s first round matches are scheduled, with many Italians on the court. Waiting for the debut of Jannik Sinner, world number one and first seed of the tournament. Also involved today are the Italians Berrettini, Bellucci, Arnaldi, Sonego, Fognini, Paolini, Trevisan and Errani.
13:55
Arnaldi loses serve with Tiafoe
Tiafoe breaks Arnaldi’s serve in the third set and goes up 3-1 before going up 4-1 in his service game. 2-2 between Berrettini and Fucsovics. 4-4 between Fognini and Van Assche.
13:52
Berrettini ahead of Fucsovics
Berrettini is 2-1 against Fucsovics. Fognini instead leads 4-3 in the third set with Van Assche.
13:47
The scores of Fognini, Arnaldi and Berrettini
Fognini is now 3-1 up with a break and 2 sets to love against Van Assche, Arnaldi is 2-1 down, without a break, against Tiafoe with a 2 sets to love advantage while Berrettini is 1-1 in the first set against Fucsovics.
13:42
Berrettini is also playing
Matteo Berrettini’s match against the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics also begins on field 12.
13:40
Fognini at 2-0, Arnaldi knocked out after 6 consecutive games
Fognini doesn’t lose his serve and goes to 2-0. Arnaldi, after 6 games won in a row, loses the first game of the third set: 1-0 for Tiafoe.
13:33
Arnaldi at 2-0 with Tiafoe, Fognini break
Arnaldi wins the second set 6-2 against Tiafoe, taking the lead 2-0. The Italian won 6 games in a row against the American. Fognini, on the other hand, is ahead 1-0 in the third set against Van Assche, having already broken the serve from the Frenchman.
13:28
Arnaldi crushes: 5-2
Arnaldi wins two more consecutive games, breaks Tiafoe’s serve again and takes the second set to 5-2. The Italian now serves to take the lead to 2-0.
13:22
Fognini wins the second set with Van Assche
Fognini remains focused and also wins the second set, 6-3 over Van Assche.
13:20
Break at Arnaldi!
Second consecutive break for Arnaldi who breaks Tiafoe’s serve again and goes up 3-2 in the second set, after having won the first 7-6.
13:17
Arnaldi tied again
Arnaldi concedes only one point to his opponent in the fourth game of the second set and takes the score to 2-2.
13:14
Fognini serves for the second set
Break by Fognini, who takes the lead at 5-3 against Van Assche and can now serve to win the second set too.
13:12
Arnaldi’s immediate reaction
As already happened in the first set, Arnaldi reacts immediately and goes to the counterbreak with Tiafoe, now leading 2-1 in the second set.
13:09
Fognini at 4-3, Arnaldi loses serve
Fabio Fognini leads 4-3, while Arnaldi loses his serve and is down 2-0 in the second set.
13:03
Fognini is at 3-3 in the second set
Fognini is at 3-3 in the second set with Van Assche, decidedly more balanced than the first and without breaks. The second set begins for Arnaldi.
12:55
Arnaldi wins the first set
Arnaldi wins the first set 7-6 against Tiafoe in 45 minutes. The tie-break score was 7-5 for the blue.
12:51
A mini-break advantage for Arnaldi
Arnaldi is 4-2 at the first set tie-break, with a mini-break advantage over Tiafoe. The score in the second set of Fognini’s match was 2-2.
12:48
Fognini leads by one set and 2-1
Fognini takes a 2-1 lead in the second set against Van Assche, after winning the first 6-1 on Court 16 at Wimbledon.
12:47
Tie-break for Arnaldi
We go to the tie-break between Arnaldi and Tiafoe: the score is now 6-6 in the first set.
12:45
Arnaldi goes back forward
Fognini is at 1-1 in the second set while Arnaldi keeps serve at zero and takes the lead at 6-5.
12:43
Great reaction from Arnaldi
Arnaldi immediately made up for it, breaking Tiafoe’s serve and taking the lead at 5-5 in the first set of his match, on court 15 of Wimbledon. Double fault on the decisive point for the American.
12:42
Fognini starts the second set well
Fognini started the second set well, holding serve and taking a 1-0 lead.
12:39
Arnaldi loses serve
Trouble for Arnaldi, who loses his serve with two unforced errors against Tiafoe. The American is now at 5-4 and can serve for the set.
12:35
First set to Fognini, Arnaldi at 4-4
Fognini makes no mistakes and wins the first set 6-1 against the Frenchman Van Assche while Arnaldi is at 4-4 with Tiafoe. The set won by Fognini lasted 35 minutes.
12:32
Fognini fights, balance for Arnaldi
Fognini struggled this time on serve and saved four break points (three of them consecutive) from Van Assche before prevailing in deuce and taking a 5-1 lead, the match tied at 3-3 for Arnaldi.
12:27
Fognini flies
New break for Fognini who takes a 4-1 lead against the Frenchman Van Assche. Arnaldi, on the other hand, is at 3-2 against Tiafoe, without anyone having lost serve so far.
12:23
Fognini at 3-1, Arnaldi at 2-2
Fognini goes 3-1 on Van Assche while Arnaldi’s match with Tiafoe is at 2-2.
12:20
Fognini and Arnaldi at 2-1
Fognini snatches the serve from Van Assche and takes the lead 2-1. Same score for Arnaldi on Tiafoe, but without a break.
12:17
Fognini retains serve: 1-1
Fognini wins the second game against Van Assche in deuce and holds serve. Arnaldi-Tiafoe is also at 1-1.
12:14
Arnaldi at 1-0
Arnaldi wins the first game of the first set without conceding any points to his opponent.
12:12
Arnaldi also plays
Arnaldi’s match against Tiafoe has also started: the blue is at bat.
12:11
Primo game a Van Assche
Van Assche wins the first game leaving Fognini at 15.
12:09
Fognini plays
The match has begun for Fognini, who appears on the court with his new platinum blonde hairdo from the last few weeks: in the first game the serve goes to Van Assche.
12:06
Arnaldi also on the field
Arnaldi and Tiafoe entered the field for the warm-up and the draw.
12:03
Fognini warms up
Fognini and his opponent at Wimbledon are warming up. Slight delay for the Arnaldi match.
11:58
New opponents for Arnaldi and Fognini
Arnaldi and Fognini have never faced the opponents they are about to challenge soon, Tiafoe and Van Assche, on the ATP circuit.
11:42
The first Italians of today
Two Italians will play in the opening match of today’s program, at 12:00 Italian time: Matteo Arnaldi against the American Frances Tiafoe, the tournament’s 29th seed, on court 15 and Fabio Fognini against the Frenchman Luca Van Assche on court 16.
11:30
Fognini’s opponent has changed
The withdrawal of German Domink Koepfer, announced yesterday, has caused a change of opponent for our Fabio Fognini, who will face a lucky loser, Frenchman Luca Van Assche. READ THE NEWS
11:19
Sinner’s debut
Sinner will make his debut against the German Yannick Hanfmann today and you can follow a specific live broadcast dedicated to the match on the Corriere dello Sport website. Here are the precedents and time of the match: READ THE NEWS
11:10
The program of the first day
This is the detailed program of the first day of the Wimbledon main draw. READ THE NEWS
11:00
There will be 9 Italians on the pitch
There will be 9 Italians on the court today at the Wimbledon tournament, 6 men and 3 women.
