The forehand that dies at the crossroads of the lines and the uncontainable joy of having won in front of the home crowd. In “his” field and in front of his people. It couldn’t have ended better than this for Fausto Tabacco, the 15 thousand dollars in Messina which saw him triumph against Gabriele Piraino from Palermo, number 390 in the world, and number 1 seed in the seeding, with a double 6-4.
The huge audience, celebrating a well-deserved victory by Tabacco, was visibly moved during the awards ceremony. For the Messina tennis player, this is the third ITF title of his career after the successes of Monastir and Perugia in 2023, while Piraino, losing his second consecutive final after the one in Reggio Emilia, has to postpone the appointment with the seventh title.
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