Jacopo Vasamì's spell: first he reaches the quarterfinals then the doubles semifinals

A win to unlock against Paul Jubb, another victory against the much heavier Martin Landaluce (with a double 6/4) to launch his ambitions. He continues without hesitation'adventure of Jacopo Vasami inAtkinsons Monza Open 25, the challenger 100 has entered ever more into the heart of the matter on the clay courts of Villa Reale TennisThe seventeen year old Roman goes to keep company with Federico Arnaboldi in the tournament in via Boccaccio with a success that seemed almost obvious given what was seen on the court against an opponent who was a year older, but with more experience on the challenger circuit, so much so that he occupied the number 154 in the world (but he was also 130), while Vasamì is beyond the thousandth position. Instead, Fabrizio Zeppieri's student at the Club Nomentano in Rome was the protagonist in the third match of his career at this level of a veteran performance, with two breaks (one per set) that weakened Landaluce's resistance and a solid conduct in service, with which he never gave the dangerous Spaniard any opportunity to come back. And so, after less than an hour and a half, the boy from Avezzano can already think about today's stage, against Vitalyi Sachko.

“I felt a lot of support from the public – confesses Jacopo referring to the large number of fans gathered in the stands of the Central –, gave me the extra push to win, I can only thank them. Landaluce is a year older than me and is one of the strongest 2006s on the circuit, I have become aware that I can follow a path like his or even better. He has played many more tournaments in the category, gaining a lot of experience, I am happy with the management of the match. Against this type of opponent it is important to keep your attention high, I managed to break him early in both sets and my great serve performance earned me a lot of points., giving him few chances. I entered the field with my own idea of ​​the game, we trained together during the period in which I lived in Spain, but I didn't remember much about him. I decided to compete at this level because I knew I could compete, I'm happy to have shown it".

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To complete his golden day, Vasamì also reached the semifinals in doubles with Filippo Romano, at the expense of top-50 Erler/Frantzen. A victory which, together with that of the duo Maestrelli/Svrcina, has given the tournament the certainty of having at least one Italian in the final, since the two couples will be opponents today. First, however, Vasamì is awaited by the classic test of nine against Sachko, number 300 ATP, on paper an affordable commitment, which in reality hides many pitfalls because the Ukrainian played the final last week in Barletta starting from the qualifications, and is particularly focused, as confirmed by his victory (3/6, 6/4, 6/2) over Matteo Gigante in the second roundEven more clear was the defeat of the third Italian player involved on the day. Enrico Dalla Valle had a difficult task ahead of him against the Czech Dalibor Svrcina, in a six-match open series (last week he won the Barletta challenger) and among the tennis players who have climbed the most positions since the beginning of the year, thanks to the Pune final and the semifinals in Naples and Chennai. The world number 132 gave no chance to the player from Ravenna, who left the court with a clear 6/2, 6/1.