Us Open, Bolelli and Vavassori reach the quarterfinals for the first time. Three hours of battle against Krajicek and Mektic

John

By John

Head, determination, fighting spirit and great tennis. After more than three hours of battle, Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori won a place in the quarterfinals of the US Open for the first time together. In the round of 16, they came from behind to defeat 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(8) Austin Krajicek and Nikola Mektic who were ahead 5-2 at the tie-break of the second set and a break at the beginning of the third. “These are the matches that remind you”, the two Italians commented to Supertennis. And Bolelli adds: “it was a furious fight”. On the Italian night, in the last match scheduled on Arthur Ashe, the second of the evening session, they will return to the field against Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski.