After Luciano Darderi, Lorenzo Sonego also qualifies for the round of 16 at the Winston-Salem Open, in North Carolina, the last ATP 250 before the US Open. The Piedmontese tennis player, n.91 in the world rankings, defeated the French Adrian Mannarino 6-1, 7-6(5), coming back from 2-5 down in the second set. For a place in the quarterfinals the Italian will play against the Australian James Duckworth (79), who he beat in both direct comparisons, always on grass.
Darderi wins the derby with Bellucci
Luciano Darderi wins the Italian derby against Mattia Bellucci on stage at the ATP 250 in Winston-Salem. The world no.22 eliminated his compatriot in the round of 32 in three sets, with the final score of 6-2 4-6 2-6, after two hours and 18 minutes of play.
US Open, mixed doubles: Cobolli and Bencic eliminate Alcaraz and Serena Williams
Flavio Cobolli and Belinda Bencic line up another victory and enter the semi-final of the mixed doubles in the US Open by eliminating the pair formed by Carlos Alcaraz and Serena Williams. The Italian and the Swiss prevailed in two sets, with the final result 5-4 (7-4) 4-1, after 56 minutes of play.
The US Open free to air on Super Tennis
A few days until the start of the US Open and Jannik Sinner will be absent. But the fourth Slam of the season returns live on SuperTennis, free-to-air and free on Digital Terrestrial channel 64. From this week with the qualifiers – scheduled until tomorrow – and the mixed doubles show, which will end today, the full coverage of the 2026 US Open by the channel of the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation will begin. The programming dedicated to the New York Slam will open every day at 1.30pm with the study from Rome conducted by Elena Ramognino: half an hour to retrace what happened in the night just ended and focus on the hot topics of the day that is about to begin. At 4.45pm the line will move to New York for “SuperTennis Today – US Open Special”, the study from Flushing Meadows conducted by Giorgio Spalluto and Diego Nargiso, which will accompany spectators until the start of the matches, scheduled for 5pm. Closing each day will be “Best Of”, the column dedicated to the most significant moments, images and protagonists of the hours just passed.