Double chance for an Italy that knows how to work as a team. Bolelli and Vavassori try again a year later

The blue, the team that glues a people to the television. They wear red but are the purest example of a National team conquering the land of Australia. Bolelli and Vavassori they try again, a year later, in that Melbourne that was only the beginning of a fairytale 2024, with the second place trophy. Bole and Wave, from Bologna to Turin, a great 'team' alternative to the phenomenon Jannik Sinner they are aiming for the world number 1 doubles ranking, but first and foremost for that title of Grand Slam – as a couple – which is missing from their trophy cabinet and which they almost did twice last year. In the middle is the Heliovaara/Patten duo, the Finn and the Briton had beaten the Azzurri in the first round at Wimbledon, who will be put to the ropes in the late morning today, after the women's final will be played starting at 9,30:2015 Italian time (live on Sky-Dazn). Bolelli and Vavassori know what a Slam tastes like. The Bolognese lifted the major cup in Australia, in 2024, together with his former partner Fabio Fognini. The memory of Wave is instead fresher and belongs to our fairytale XNUMX: here he is last September becoming champion of the US Open in the mixed, paired with Sara Errani, the first all-Italian couple to do so.

After the binge of successes, there is an increasingly demanding Italian public. Whether it is Slams or Olympic medals – see the brilliant Errani/Paolini in Paris –, it is almost a habit to see an Italian playing for something important. By the way: starting Monday, our country will be the most represented nation in the men's top 100, with 11 tennis players (starting with Jannik and ending with Mattia Bellucci) in the world tennis elite.

The cup is there, one step away, and it would represent the squaring of a circle where it all began. Where Bole and Wave, starting from the 50th position in the world, have managed to carve out a respectable place for themselves even in the Masters tournament at the end of the year. Italy is daydreaming of a magical encore, if the double of wonders and Jannik Sinner in singles were to win the title, Italy would be the first nation with three out of three male champions in a Slam. The last en plein of this type belongs to the USA, who triumphed at the 1995 Australian Open with Andre Agassi and the Jared Palmer/Richey Reneberg duo.

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