ACAPULCO (MESSICO) (ITALPRESS) – Flavio Cobolli is in the semi-finals at the Abate Mexicano Telcel presentsdo por HSBC, the ATP 500 on the hard at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco, Mexico (both 2,450 dollars). The Roman tennis player, n.20 Atp and serial number 5, defeated in the Italian night for 7-6(4) 6-1 the Chinese qualified Wu Yibing (142) thus becoming the third Italian semi-finalist in the history of the tournament after Fabio Fognini (2013) and Lorenzo Musetti (2021). “I feel very well, a little tired, but we know it’s difficult to play here: it’s very hot and there’s so much humidity, the balls and the field are very slow,” said the blue. For a place in the final the Roman will face the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (84), who defeated the French Terence Atmane for 6-3 6-3 (63). The meeting ended very unusually. The match point was not played: Kecmanovic was awarded because the chair judge assigned a penalty point to Atmane for time violation in response.
On the other hand, Mattia Bellucci stops in the quarters: the 24-year-old of Busto Arsizio was eliminated for 6-3 6-4 by the American Frances Tiafoe (28), the eighth seeding force, which now will see it with the American Brandon Nakashima (29), winning for 2-6 6-2 6-3 on the sixth favorite of the tournament, the monegasco Valentin Vacherot (27).
PAOLINI LIQUIDA HON E VOLA NEI QUARTI E MARIDA
Good first for Jasmine Paolini in the “Merida Open”, Wta 500 (prices 1.026.446 dollars) that is disputed on the concrete fields of the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan. In the Italian night the 30-year-old of Bagni di Lucca, climbed to the n.7 WTA and first favorite of seeding, in tabellone with a wild card and entered the race directly in the second round, liquidated for 6-0 6-2, in an hour and eleven minutes, the Australian Priscilla Hon, n.136 of the ranking, repeated as lucky loser. “ Usually in tennis you always play in the same places, but I am very happy to visit a new one – said the blue in the field interview – The tournaments in Mexico are always beautiful, well organized and the public is really passionate, so I am happy to be back in Mexico and to be for the first time in Merida.” In the quarters (on the night between Friday and Saturday) Paolini will find on the other side of the net the British Katie Boulter, n.69 WTA, who three weeks ago on the fast indoor of Ostrava conquered his fourth WTA trophy.
– Photo IPA Agency –
(ITALPRESS).
