Australian Open, Lorenzo Sonego makes a comeback and wins. Good Alcaraz

Australian Open, Lorenzo Sonego makes a comeback and wins. Good Alcaraz

Victory of character for Lorenzo Sonego in the first round of the ongoing Australian Open in Melbourne. The Italian tennis player beat Britain’s Daniel Evans in four sets with scores of 6-4, 6-7, 2-6, 6-7. Marathon match of almost 4 hours for the Piedmontese athlete, who started badly è gradually managed to find his tennis as the sets went by.

Decisive was the tie-break of the second partial, closed 10-8, and decisive è was the performance on serve of Sonego, able to score 23 Ace, the real key number to explain his comeback and his victory over Evans.

In the second round, Sonego will seek a feat against world number two Carlos Alcaraz: the Spaniard did well in his debut match against Frenchman Gasquet, who is on his way out. The Iberian champion, among the favorites for the final victory with Djokovic and Sinner, after a breakthrough set and closed in a tie-break he easily won 6-1, 6-2 in the other two partials.

Tuesday was also one of smiles for Giulio Zeppieri, who qualified for the second round by overcoming world number 51 Lajovic in four sets (3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7). He will now face Norrie.

Applause also in the doubles tournament for the Bolelli-Vavassori pair, who were able to bend the duo formed by Romain Arneodo and Sam Weissborn 3-6 6-3 7-6 in the first round.