The top spin came one step away from sewing the third tricolor on his chest, but Sassari’s stubbornness allowed the Sardinians to overturn it and won, for 4 to 2, the return match of the Scudetto final, postponing the assignment of the title to the “beautiful” scheduled for tomorrow.
In the fifth meeting, on the score of 2 to 2, Antonino Amato found himself the lead for 6 to 2 in the fifth and decisive set against Andrea Puppo. A success of the Sicilian Pongist would have allowed the top spin to conquer the third point of the day and, therefore, to get his hands on the series, as the Peloritani, after the victory of the first leg, would be just the same.
And, however, perhaps the fear of winning, perhaps too much nervousness, blocked Amato who suffered the comeback of Puppo, who first slipped a part of 6 to 0, taking the lead for 8 to 6 and then closed to the third match point for 11 to 9.
On 3 to 2 in his favor, Sassari completed the work thanks to the statement of Ismailov on Stoyanov.
Previously, the two statements for the Messina had arrived thanks to the usual Vladislav Ursu, victorious against Puppo and Pistej.
It will be race 3, which will be played tomorrow, always in Sassari, to assign the tricolor. The hosts will be sufficient for the hosts, the top spin will have only one result available.
Sassari -op Spin 4-2
Puppo vs Ursu 0-3 (7-11, 6-11, 6-11); Pistej vs Stoyanov 3-1 (11-6, 12-10, 10-12, 12-10); Ismailov vs Amato 3-1 (11-8, 10-12, 11-2, 11-9); Pistej vs Ursu 2-3 (7-11, 11-4, 13-11, 10-12, 6-11); Puppo vs Amato 3-2 (11-3, 7-11, 7-11, 11-3, 11-9); Ismailov vs Stoyanov 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-9)
