Qualifications: Berrettini junior ok Cecchinato out. 4 thousand fans in the stands

Monza – Loses The ATP Challenger Atkinsons Monza Open 25 immediately attracted important names, with the first round of qualifications held on the clay courts of Villa Reale Tennis in front of over 4 fans. Marco Cecchinato e Giulio Zeppieri in fact they said goodbye to the tournament with two defeats against the odds. The Sicilian, opposed to the Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov, was defeated with the score 6/3, 1/6, 6/3. The break suffered by the former number 18 in the world in the fourth game of the decisive set was decisive. The defeat of the Lazio player was more clear-cut, eliminated with a double 6/3 by the Belgian Michael Geerts. The student of Massimo Sartori, who returned at the start of the season after a six-month stop for a wrist operation, confirmed that he is far from his best condition. The home crowd applauded the passing of the round by their favorite William Mirarchi. The nineteen-year-old from Villasanta, who grew up in V-Tea and is a representative of the local team that plays in Serie A2, was supposed to face Andrea Pellegrino, but the Apulian withdrew due to a muscle problem he suffered during the week in the Barletta challenger.

The first matches on the red clay of Monza

His place was taken by Gianluca Mager, but also the Ligurian (who had won the opening partial 6/2) was forced to retire during the second set, with the score 1/4 in favor of Mirarchi. At home Italy also advances Jacopo Berrettini (7/5, 6/4 to Dutchman Jelle Sels), Andrea Picchione (6/4, 7/6 to Francesco Maestrelli), Enrico Dalla Valle (7/6, 7/6 to Filippo Romano) and Federico Iannaccone (4/6, 6/2, 6/3 to Stefano Travaglia), while Fausto Tabacco succumbed to the greater power of Croatian Mili Poljicak by 6/3, 6/2. Today (starting at 10 am) the program includes the completion of the matches of the cadet draw that will promote six players to the main draw with Picchione-Bertola, Berrettini-Poljicak and Della Valle-Mirarchi and some first round challenges among which the Gigante-Fellin derby stands out, as well as Arnaboldi-Dodig Cerundolo-Dellien Velasco, Choinski-Mayot and Klein-Sultanov. Admission is free until Friday.