It took Salvatore Caruso 2h52 'to earn the qualification for the second round of the Internazionali d'Italia and the chance to compete with the n.1 in the world, Novak Djokovic.
The 27-year-old Sicilian from Avola (Syracuse), n.87 in the ranking and in contention thanks to a 'wild card', got the better of the American Tennys Sandgren, n.49 Atp: of 3-6, 6-3, 7- 6 (7-4) the final score.
The Spaniard Pedro Martinez also advances, who beat the American Sam Querrey 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). The German Dominik Koefler had to work harder than expected to overcome the Australian Alex De Minaur who, in the end, lost 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5). Serbian Dusan Lajovic prevailed over Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina with a double 6-4. The Canadian Denis Shapovalov finally beat the Argentine Guido Pella 6-2, 6-3.
