Tennis – Tc Cagliari: Salomone wins the Open which is worth the SuperChallenger
Solomon’s wild card for the Sardinia Open qualifiers
Cagliari – It will be Federico Salomone, standard bearer of the Tennis Club
Terranova di Olbia (Sassari), the representative of the region in the
qualifiers of the second edition of the Sardinia Open, the
Superchallenger 175 of the Tennis Club Cagliari starts on Monday 29 April.
A right that the Roman tennis player born in 2001 earned by winning
on the fields of Monte Urpinu the Open tournament for 16 participants (reserved for
Italian players registered in Sardinia only) which was up for grabs
a wild card for the most important tournament on the island,
as well as one of the most prestigious professional events in Italy.
The 2.2 from Lazio, number 1,480 in the ATP rankings, was the favorite of the
eve and confirmed the predictions thanks to three victories: Wednesday
against Carlo Cataldi, Thursday in the decisive long tie-break against
Piedmontese Giacomo Crisostomo (member of Tc Cagliari) and in
Friday morning against the host Alberto Sanna. The
young 2.4 of the Tennis Club Cagliari aimed to repeat the victory of
2023, which earned him his professional debut, but after having
took out first the second seed Vito Dell’Elba and then the
third Niccolò Dessì was forced to surrender in front of the
number one seeding, promoted with a score of 6-2 7-5. A
a very precious success for Solomon, who will have this on Monday
the opportunity to take the field in a qualifying draw
of the highest level. It won’t be his first experience on the ATP circuit
Challenger, but it is by far the most prestigious.
OPEN TO SUPER CHALLENGER 175: THE RESULTS
Quarter-finals: Solomon b. Cataldi 6-1 7-5, Crisostomo b. Mondazzi
6-3 6-1, Dessì b. Ciulli 6-2 6-3, Sanna b. Dell’Elba 6-1 1-6 10/7.
Semifinals: Solomon b. Chrysostom 6-1 6-7 10/8, Sanna b. Dessì 6-4
6-2. Finale: Solomon b. Sanna 6-2 7-5.
