Rome: feat of Francesco Passaro, Stefano Napolitano also advances

Roma: Francesco Passaro’s feat, Stefano Napolitano also advances

Undisputed protagonist of the second day of the Internazionali d'Italia è Francesco Passaro. The Umbrian tennis player, in fact, defeated Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech, number 73 in the ATP ranking, at the end of a real battle, which lasted almost three and a quarter hours and played over two days, due to rain. The Italian won in a comeback 6-7 7-5 7-6, cancelling three match points to the transalpine.

Winning debut also for Stefano Napolitano at the Rome Masters 1000 thanks to a victory in two sets over the U.S. J.J. Wolf, number 101 in the world rankings and entered the draw as a lucky loser in place of the injured Matteo Berrettini. 6-2 7-6 the score accrued in favor of the Piedmontese tennis player after an hour and forty-two minutes of play.

Finally, a defeat among Italian tennis players should also be recorded. In fact, Andrea Vavassori did not make it, opposing German Dominik Koepfer, number 52 in the ATP ranking. The 29-year-old from Piedmont è surrendered in two sets to the Teutonic, who closed 6-4 6-3 after one hour and twenty-seven minutes of play.

 Francesco Passaro and Stefano Napolitano, therefore, enter the second round: the former will face the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the number 23 seed and world number 26, while the latter will face another lucky loser, the Chinese Juncheng Shang, number 105 in the ATP ranking.

The last match of the afternoon pitting our players on the court pitted two of them against each other and was won by Matteo Gigante, world number 139, who beat 7-6(2) 6-4 Giulio Zeppieri, who is ranked è five places behind him.