MIAMI (UNITED STATES) (ITALPRESS) – Federico Cinà da sogno. Fairytale debut for the 17-year-old from Palermo, number 441 Atp, at the “Miami Open,” the second Masters 1000 of the season, staged on the hard surface of Hard Rock Stadium with a prize pool of $11,255,535.
Opposing Argentine qualifier Francisco Comesana, world number 67, Cina won 7-6 (4) 7-6 (2), earning him a second round match against Grigor Dimitrov, the 14th seed.
A double child of the art – his dad Francesco was a good tennis player and Roberta Vinci’s coach for years; his mom, Susanna Attili, went all the way up to rank 407 in the Wta rankings – the very young Palermo-based tennis player, who will come of age next March 30, was making his absolute debut in a Masters 1000 thanks to the wild card he received earlier this month. Four junior titles and two titles on the ITF circuit, an M15 in Brazau in 2024 and in Sharm el-Sheikh on March 2, Cinà landed in Miami after his first career challenger final, lost Sunday in Hersonissos, Greece.
No dice instead for Mattia Bellucci, the 23-year-old Italian from Busto Arsizio succumbed to Taiwanese Chun-Hsin Tseng in two sets 7-6 (5), 6-2.
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