ATP 1000 Shanghai, Italy in chiaroscuro: Arnaldi advances, Fognini ko. In Beijing Errani-Paolini in the semifinals

John

By John

Fatal second round for Fabio Fognini in Shanghai. The 37 year old from Arma di Taggia, n.81 ATP, after having won the first round Italian derby against Luciano Darderi, n.42 ATP, lost 61 63 against the American Tommy Paul, n.13 in the ranking and 11 in the seeding. The balance of direct matches was tied (1-1) with the Ligurian’s success in the second round of the Masters 1000 on the hard court of Montreal and the 27-year-old from Voorhees, New Jersey, scoring this year in the second round on the clay of Roland Garros . Paul will face the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, n.23 in the ranking and 19 in the seeding, in the third round.

Arnaldi advances

He suffered, but in the end Matteo Arnaldi took home the victory. In the second round of the Master 1000 in Shanghai the Ligurian tennis player beat the American Svajda in three comeback sets: 6-7, 6-2, 6-4. In the third round the Italian will face the winner between Medvedev and Seyboth Wild.

Errani-Paolini in the doubles semi-final in Beijing

Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini earn a place in the semifinals at the China Open, the WTA 1000 in Beijing. The Italians beat the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia and the German Laura Siegemund 7-5 4-6 10-8. Errani and Paolini reached the sixth semi-final of 2024. This year they won the title in Linz and at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, and celebrated the first historic gold medal for Italy in tennis at the Olympic Games in Paris. They also reached the final at Roland Garros and the semifinal at the WTA in Miami. They will face the Americans Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who beat them in Miami. “We’ll see how it goes this time,” Errani said after the match. “We were always positive in the tie-break. There was still tension, we played excellent points, we remained focused” said Paolini. “It was a very tough match, in the end we were also a little lucky. We hope to continue Like this”.