Matteo Berrettini and Camila Giorgi enter the second round of the Australian Open tennis.
The 25-year-old Roman, n.7 in the ATP ranking and in the Australian seeding, struggled against the 20-year-old American Brandon Nakashima (# 68), overcoming him in the end 4-6 6-2 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 .
The 30-year-old from Macerata, number 33 in the WTA and 30 on the scoreboard, beat the 20-year-old Russian Anastasia Potapova (# 68) for 6-4 6-0.
The elimination in the 1st round of Fabio Fognini comes almost as a surprise, who lost 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 to the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor. The N. 32 ATP, in the presence number sixteen on the scoreboard with four qualifiers for the round of 16 (2014, 2018, 2020 and 2021), was just back from the final in double lost in Sydney with Bolelli. First elimination among women: Jasmine Paolini, n.52 WTA, clearly lost 6-1, 6-3 to the Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse, n.72 in the ranking. The 24-year-old from Bucharest is an absolute rookie in Melbourne. Lucia Bronzetti's feat, promoted by qualifying and competing for the first time in the main draw of a Grand Slam. The 23-year-old from Villa Verucchio, # 142 WTA (best ranking just this week), has beaten the comeback 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, in an hour and 49 minutes of play, the Russian Varvara Gracheva, n .78 of the ranking,hitting his first Grand Slam victory.
