At the Italian young championships in Terni, in the single group to six couples they imposed themselves Miriam Carnovale (athlete born in 2005 of Vibo Valentia) and Margherita Cerritelli (four Mori Cagliari), who won the title of the double under 21 with full score.
They beat 3-1 (11-8, 11-13, 11-4) Aurora Cicuttini (Tennistavolo Castel Goffredo) and Serena Rad (Tennistavolo Vallecamonica), 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-5) Anastasia de Costanzo and Rachele De Luca (Clementina Tennistavolo Jesi), for 3-0 (11-6, 11-6) Mura (Muravera Tennistavolo) and Rossana Ferciug (four Moori Cagliari), 3-1 (7-11, 11-2, 11-8) Evelyn Vivarelli and Carlotta Endrizzi (ASV TT Südtirol) and 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-4) Nicoletta Criscione and Martina Tirrito (Muravera Tennistavolo).
In second place, Criscione and Tirrito and third vivarelli and Endrizzi e Mura and Forcaug were ranked. The award ceremony (the podium in the photo of Giuseppe Di Carlo) was made by the federal councilor Raffaele Curcio.
«It was a long and demanding race – explains Carovale – there were games in which we found ourselves tired, especially mentally, and it was not easy to follow the tactic, to be lucid and make the right choices. In some moments we also made a little confusion, in the end, however, we managed to take back the ball of the game and play for the partner. In the double it is a fundamental aspect ».
Cerritelli stresses that “we had the right mentality, right away. Before these championships we never played together, but we had tried several times and we immediately found ourselves well. Having also talked a lot about the field and having a good understanding helped us a lot ».
The Carnovale also triumphs in the mixture
After conquering the Tricolore Under 17 title in 2022 and the Under 19 in 2024, Federico Vallino Costassa (Marcozzi Cagliari) and Miriam Carnovale (four Moori Cagliari) today also went to score in the Under 21 mixed double of the Italian youth championships in Terni.
At the Palatennnnistavolo “Aldo De Santis” were the Serie heads n. 1 and defeated 3-2 in the final (11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3) I n. 3 Antonio Giordano and Nicoletta Criscione (Muravera Tennistavolo).
Vallino Costassa and Carnovale from 2-2 rose on 6-2 and from 6-4 on 8-4. Four set-can (10-6) earned and the first was enough. Torinese and Piscopisana also commanded in the second partial (5-2), but were reached on 5-5 and subsequently from 7-5 to 7-7. On 9-9 the last two points smiled at Giordano and Criscione.
Upon returning to the Vallino Costassa and Carnovale table they recovered from 2-5 to 6-6 and from 7-7 they conducted on 9-7, and then lost the four final exchanges. Nelle fourth fraction the Piedmontese and the Calabrian rampant on 8-2, from 9-3 they have been reassembled (9-7) and closed the accounts. At the “beautiful” they dominated (8-1) and from 9-3 they went all the way.
Third parties on equal merit were classified the n. 4 Andrea Puppo (Tennistavolo Sassari) and Rossana Ferciug (four Moor Cagliari), who have trocal red record in the semifinal 3-0 (6-11, 2-11, 0-11) against Vallino Costa and Carnovale, and n. 2 Daniele Rossi (Tennistavolo Villa d’Oro Modena) and Caterina Angeli (Alfieri di Romagna Tennistavolo Edera), who were stopped 3-0 (4-11, 10-12, 8-11) by Giordano and Criscione. The award ceremony was made by the city councilor for sport by Terni Marco Schenardi.
«This third title together – says Vallino Costassa – is important and we are happy to have won it. We are now a consolidated couple. The final was not easy, the opponents tactically played well, while we could have done something more in the second and during the set, in which we have always been forward. In the end, however, with the head and the right tactic we managed and reassemble to prevail. We imposed ourselves in the partial fourth and “beautiful” we left, even if we were not quiet until the last exchange ».
Carnovale starts from the trend of the second and third partial: «We were ahead, then we went out and perhaps we also relaxed ourselves, thinking that there would be some more mistakes on their part. Instead they were good, they adopted the right tactic and technically they did not make a mistake. To do it we had to add something more and, therefore, with the mental attitude and closing the game more and being more aggressive we were rewarded. The fourth set from 9-3 had also complicated on 9-7 and we were good at taking the last two points. “