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Racquet tournament at Tc Cosenza
Racquet tournament at Tc Cosenza
Racquet tournament at Tc Cosenza
Racquet tournament at Tc Cosenza
Three disciplines and around 200 athletes from different Italian regions for the first edition of the «Racchette Trophy», an Open event hosted by the Tennis Club Cosenza. Tennis, padel and pickleball marked the event program, which the club intends to repeat in September 2027.
Two days of rain caused a two-day delay compared to the initial calendar, without preventing the completion of the matches. The collaboration of the Chiappetta Sport Village, which made its covered courts available, also allowed the quarter-finals and semi-finals to take place on Sunday 1st November.
Alongside the races, there is space to discover the area: on Friday and Saturday many participants arriving from outside the region took part in two guided excursions in Sila, in Lorica.
Padel, the winners of the three scoreboards
The padel tournament ended on Sunday 1 November. In the women’s Open, Francesca Candelieri and Giulia Porzio beat Anna Maria Mangano and Gaia Sergi, both from Mirabella of Reggio Calabria, in the final. Candelieri, from TC Cagliari, is a student of maestro Funari; Porzio represents the Jokal of Naples.
In the men’s Open, success went to Francesco Veneziano and Gino Andres Cover, respectively of Cupra Padel Rende and Tc Rebus Messina. The pair beat Brondo, from River Patti, and Vidal, from Mirabella, in the final.
In the third category draw, the home athletes Funari and Santagata prevailed over the Lodori brothers, from Cupra Rende. The national Fitp councilor Joe Lappano and the club’s managers participated in the awards ceremony.
Tennis, Laino and Massimilla win the Open
The tennis finals were played on Tuesday 3 November. In the men’s Open Alessandro Laino, of Ct Ulivi, beat Samuele Molino, of Tc Adelfia in the third set. In the women’s Open, Alessia Massimilla, of Viola Tennis Lamezia, won over Linda Siclari, of Tc Pharaon.
In the third female category Rita Gelsomino, from the Chiappetta Sport Village in Rende, prevailed over the home athlete Alessia Rao. The other successes went to Andrea Rotundo, of the Catanzaro coach, in the third men’s category, to Andrea Ripoli in the 4.1 category and to Luciano Ritondale in the 4.NC category.
Pickleball, success for Francesco and Chiara Brandi
In pickleball, the couple formed by Francesco and Chiara Brandi, from Padel Rende, prevailed, beating Santagata and Caruso, representatives of the Tennis Club Cosenza, in the final. The final ceremony was presided over by the president of the Fitp Regional Committee Andrea Massimilla, who praised the athletes and the management for the success of the initiative.
The project for September 2027
The president of the Asd Padel Tennis Club Cosenza, Patrizia Lombardi, recalled the contribution of the Municipality of Cosenza and the Calabria Region in starting the event and the support of the federal representatives Joe Lappano and Andrea Massimilla. Recognition was also addressed to the referee Francesco Giordano, to the chair judge of the finals Giuseppe Donato and to Farmacia del Sole, in the person of Ferdinando Mussari, sponsor of the Open tennis and padel scoreboard prizes. Lombardi also thanked Pino Abate and the club staff for their organizational work. The Tennis Club Cosenza has announced its intention to repeat the Trophy in September 2027, choosing a seasonal location deemed more favorable.