Bellucci's coup in Rotterdam, eliminates Medvedev in three sets

Rotterdam, February 5 – Important victory for Mattia Bellucci at the ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam. The

23 year old tennis player from Lombardy, ATP no. 92, won in the second round – eighth finals – against the Russian Daniil Medvedev, seventh in the world ranking and second seeding force, with the score

of 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3. The journey in the important Dutch indoor tournament continues for Mattia, who at the end of January had reached the eighth finals in Montpellier (ATP 250) being defeated by the American Kovacevic. The athlete from Busto Arsizio is a surprising candidate in this 2025, after having obtained interesting results in the past season. At the US Open he had beaten Stanislas Wawrinka, in Atlanta (ATP 250) he had reached the quarterfinals and had surrendered to Rinderknech. At Wimbledon, in the first round, he had taken Ben Shelton to the fifth set. The blue wave of the racket is always very high, from Sinner on down. Now Mattia will meet the winner of Tsitsipas and Griekspoor. The one who seems to be in a rather difficult situation is Daniil Medvedev, the former world number one who recently divorced his coach Gilles Simon. The Russian had already been below expectations at the Australian Open, going out in the second round against Tien. And there have been signs of nervousness lately. In the first round against Wawrinka he had addressed the chair umpire with very harsh expressions. And in Melbourne he had broken the camera installed on the net. The world number 7 must fine-tune his spirit and technique.