The Tuscan risks going down by two sets, then wins in four. In the 2nd round another Italian derby. Mattia surrenders to Shelton in the fifth set
After seeing hell, Lorenzo Musetti took back a little piece of paradise. The Italian took over three hours to get rid of the French Constant Lestienne, number 92 in the world at the second Wimbledon of his career who dreamed of the feat for a long time but then surrendered 4-6 7-6 (4) 6-2 6-2 in three hours and 7 minutes. Musetti found himself as the match went on, but in the second set he really came to the brink of the abyss, risking going 2-0 down since he had already lost the first. Lestienne had two set points at 5-4, with the Italian clearly in difficulty first of all on a mental level who repeatedly shouted “You suck!”. And yet he managed to overcome the negative moment, to find that tennis that before the start had made him say to aim for the second week that had sadly slipped away last year. He took the second set in a tie-break, then interrupted again by the rain, he closed the accounts with a double 6-2 in the third and fourth sets. The next round will be a derby with Luciano Darderi, winner in 5 sets over Choinski.
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Qualifier Mattia Bellucci has long dreamed of eliminating Ben Shelton, the American number 14 in the world. He literally did it last night, as the match that began yesterday was suspended due to darkness with the Italian leading two sets to one. In the resumption slowed by the rain, the Italian finally gave in 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 in three hours and 29 minutes. The 23-year-old number 148 in the world still has the emotion of the first Wimbledon of his career, but he has dreamed so long that he had almost started to believe it. The first career adventure at Wimbledon for Luca Nardi, number 75 in the world, ends immediately after he does not even resist two hours against the Argentine Tomas Etcheverry, 31 in the ranking, being eliminated 6-1 6-4 6-2 in one hour and 47 minutes. Later it is Flavio Cobolli’s turn against the Australian Rinky Hijkiata: there are no precedents between the Italian world number 48 and the 23-year-old native of Sydney.
