Four Italian men have already passed the first round at Wimbledon 2024while in the women’s field the only one to succeed so far has been Jasmine Paolini. While waiting to understand who will be added to this list (today Musetti, Nardi, Darderi, Cobolli, Bellucci can try for the men as well as Lucia Bronzetti among the women), let’s find out the next opponents of our standard-bearers at the Championships.
Unfortunately, the tricolor derby between the world number 1s will take place in the second round Jannik Sinner and the finalist of this tournament in 2021 (losing to Novak Djokovic) Matthew Berrettini. A cruel draw for Italy, who otherwise could have hoped to reach at least the second week of the London Major with both. The winner of the match will then face one between the Dutch Griekspoor and the Serbian Kecmanovic in the round of 32.
Complicated but not impossible challenges for the other two Italians who qualified for the second act of the men’s draw, Lorenzo Sonego and Fabio FogniniThe Turin native will face the Spanish veteran Roberto Bautista Agut, currently outside the top 100 but capable of excelling in the past on grass, while the Ligurian will attempt the feat against the ATP number 8 Casper Ruud.
The Norwegian has never performed at a good level at Wimbledon and more generally on this surface, so he represents a less fearsome threat than on clay or hard courts. Be careful because if Sonego and Fognini were to win their respective matches, they would meet in the third round for another sensational Italian derby.
