Antonio Caruso, Daniel Bagnolini, Niccolò Catini, Luciano Carraro and Alessandro Bellifemine, plus the lucky loser Manuel Plunger. There are six Italians who pass the qualifications of the first men’s ITF on the clay courts of Santa Margherita di Pula, the first of the six international ITF combined tournaments organized by the ASD Forte Village Sports Academy with the support of the Department of Tourism, Crafts and Commerce of the Sardinia Region. Caruso beat Pietro Marino 6-3, 7-5, Bagnolini with a double 6-1 Noah Perfetti, Catini 6-3, 6-3 against Marco Dessì, Carraro with the same result over Leonardo Malgaroli and Bellifemine prevailed 6 -7(4), 6-4, 10-3 on Plunger. Defeat in the decisive round for Andrea Militi Ribaldi, 6-1, 3-6, 10-4 at the hands of the Argentine Gian Matias Di Natale.
First matches for the main draw, with the debut of the number 1 seeding, the Polish davisman Daniel Michalski, who ruled 6-3, 6-1 Gabriele Maria Noce, imitated by the number 2, the Spanish Carlos Lopez Montagud, 6- 4, 7-6(5) on the wild card Federico Bondioli. There will certainly be at least two Italians in the quarterfinals, given that the number 9 seed Gabriele Piraino (6-4, 6-1 against the wild card Niccolò Ciavarella) and Luigi Sorrentino (3-6, 6-3, 6) will compete in the round of 16. -4 to the Dutch Sander Jong) as well as the number 8 seeding Federico Arnaboldi (doubles 6-3 to Giorgio Tabacco) and Fabrizio Andaloro (0-6, 6-3, 7-5 to Davide Galoppini).
Many Italian derbies on the field tomorrow: the number 3 seed Giovanni Oradini against the qualified Luciano Carraro, the number 5 Lorenzo Rottoli against the qualified Catini, the number 7 Tommaso Compagnucci against the special extemp Giuseppe La Vela, Luca Castagnola against the qualifier Bagnolini, the qualifier Caruso against Filippo Speziali, the qualifier Bellifemine against the wild card Niccolò Baroni. Instead, lucky loser Plunger will challenge Russian wild card Kiril Mishkin, while Manuel Mazza will challenge British qualifier Toby Martin.
