Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Sonego eliminated at Eastbourne.
The South Tyrolean lost in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, in the second round of the ATP tournament in Eastbourne against the American Tommy Paul, n ° 35 in the ranking.
Sinner splits his return to the tour after a month of hiatus due to inflammation in his left knee, remedied at Roland Garros.
The number two of the seeding serves well in the central phase of the match, but he fails to exploit the charge given by the second set victory, to escape at the start of the third and not even to save himself on 3-4.
Sinner's double foul on the third break point is fatal.
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Wta Eastbourne: Giorgi in the quarters, Muguruza beaten
No 'made in Italy' derby between Sinner and
Lorenzo Sonego,
because the American Paul passes in the quarterfinals who will face the Australian Alex de Minaur.
The 24th of the ATP ranking in the morning in fact eliminated Sonego, the other Italian in the draw.
The 27-year-old from Turin, 32 in the ranking, finalist last year, lost 7-3, 6-2, in just over an hour and a half of play, to De Minaur, the reigning champion who won last year the title by beating Sonego in the final.
The battle lasted just the time of the first set, which was fought and balanced, reaching the tie-break.
Sonego lost it and felt the pinch.
In the second set there was no challenge.
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Sonego eliminated, ko against De Minaur
Meanwhile, the countdown to Wimbledon has started, and L'Equipe goes to discover the phenomenon Matteo Berrettini, who is no longer hiding.
"I am convinced that I can beat Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal", admits the Italian No. 1 in view of the most important English tournament starting on Monday.
"So far I have only come close to winning a Grand Slam, because I lost to the best, Novak and Rafa who then won those tournaments. A matter of details, sometimes a little luck."
If last year Berrettini had shown his value to the world of tennis, up to hitting the final, lost against the Serbian, now the dream is to win, because "it counts to gain experience: they have played these games dozens of times, I still no".
A dream, which for the Roman tennis player, is not so impossible.
