Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas qualified for the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam. The Spaniard, n.3 of the world, has easily exceeded Andrea Vavassori for 6-2, 6-1, While the Greek (n.12) had to fight to eliminate the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor with the result of 6-7 (7/5), 7-6 (8/6), 7-5.
«I seem to have spent ten hours on the pitch today. It’s as if Tallon and I had played centuries, it was a marathon, “Tsitsipas commented. Tomorrow Tsitsipas will face another Italian in the quarterfinals, Mattia Bellucci, who yesterday created the surprise by beating the series head number 2 DaniL Medvedev in a game also played in three sets. Alcaraz will meet the winner of the ongoing meeting between the Danish Holger Rune, (n.14) and the Spaniard Pedro Martinez (n.44).
Arnaldi OK to Dallas
Matteo Arnaldi annihilates the Spaniard Davidovich Fokina with the score of 6-1, 6-3 and flies to the quarterfinals of the Dallans of Dallas. Now the Ligurian awaits the winner of the match between Munar and Shelton.
Women’s blue derby in Romania
Elisabetta Cocciaretto reaches Lucia Bronzetti in the quarterfinals of the Transylvania Open, the WTA 250 of Cluj-Napoca, scheduled until Sunday on the tough (prize pool $ 275,094). Tricolor derby, therefore, and the certainty of having a blue in the semifinal. The Marche tennis player, number 60 of the world ranking and seventh seeded, has imposed himself with a clear 6-3, 6-0 on the Romanian Ana Bogdan, number 120 in the world.