The green line of tennis great protagonist in Montecarlo.
Also for Italy, which on the land of the Country Club at the Masters 1000 del Principato, the third of the tennis season, sees the advancement of its two most advanced youngsters: Jannick Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti in fact give themselves the second round by beating the Finnish Emil Ruusuvuori and the Canadian Auger Aliassime.
On the "Court des Princes" the 20 year old from Sesto Pusteria, 12 ATP and ninth seeded, after a difficult debut against the Croatian Borna Coric, defeated 7-5 6-3, in just under an hour and three quarters of the game, the Finnish n.81 ATP, promoted by the qualifiers.
Sinner had prevailed in three of the four previous matches although in the most recent - played three weeks ago in the second round of the "1000" in Miami.
To accomplish the feat,
on the decidedly more difficult paper, it was Musetti, n.83, who on the "Court Ranieri III" after having eliminated the French Benoit Paire on his debut, also overcame the obstacle Felix Auger-Aliasime, n.9 in the world ranking and 6 of the seeding, in two sets 6-2, 7-6 in an hour and 42 minutes of play.
It is the second top ten beaten in his career by the twenty-year-old from Carrara, who tomorrow in the second round will have to contend with another tough nut to crack, the Argentine Diego Schwartzman, n.16 in the ranking and 12 in the seeding, already beaten in three sets in the first round of Acapulco last year on concrete.
Nothing to do instead for Lorenzo Sonego: the Turin, n.26 in the world rankings had to say goodbye to the tournament beaten with a double 6-4 by the Serbian Laslo Djere, n.62 in the ranking.
But the real surprise of the day is the exit from the scene at
debut of Carlos Alcaraz: the Spaniard, baby prodigy, already world number 11, highly anticipated at his first participation in the Monte Carlo tournament, was overtaken in three sets (7-6, 6-7, 6-3) by the American Sebastian Korda .
Another Next Gen, and also a son of art, in a family of great sportsmen: in fact, his father Petr is a former tennis player who is now a coach, his sisters Nelly and Jessica are among the world leaders in golf.
The 21-year-old from Florida (the origins are blind) thus took partial revenge for the final of last year's Masters Next Gen just when the youngest Spanish rival, now considered by all a predestined for the world n.1 , seemed in a great moment of form, confirmed by the victory in the Masters 1000 in Miami.
"I didn't think about the expectations hanging over me.
I focused only on me and on what I had to do "the words of the Spaniard, after the match with Korda which lasted over three hours. Too many mistakes for the 18-year-old Iberian who was unable to impose his game on an opponent who proved to be very skilled at the net. "It was a difficult game, but mentally I feel ready for this kind of long and tight match.
Mentally and physically I'm fine ", he said, stressing that he is" ready to go back to training "focused on the next tournaments.
but mentally I feel ready for this kind of long and tight races.
Mentally and physically I'm fine ", he said, stressing that he is" ready to go back to training "focused on the next tournaments.
but mentally I feel ready for this kind of long and tight races.
Mentally and physically I'm fine ", he said, stressing that he is" ready to go back to training "focused on the next tournaments.
