Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, end of the dream

Bolelli and Vavassori eliminated

The fairy tale of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori at the ongoing Internazionali BNL d’Italia at the Foro Italico ended in the semifinals. The two Italians, second in the Race to Turin, succumbed 6-2 7-6(5), in an hour and 21 minutes of play, to the Ecuadorean Marcelo Arevalo and the Croatian Mate Pavic, in ninth position in the Race (but thanks to the qualification in the final they will splash in fourth place), by whom they had already been defeated in the quarterfinals in Monte-Carlo, moreover with a similar score.

Thus, the tabù final insists for Bolelli, who had already stopped at the penultimate act in Rome in 2022 and even earlier in 2011 (again with Fognini): Vavassori, on the other hand, had never come so far ahead.

Ivan Ljubicic Sky Sport, Roger Federer’s former coach as well as former world No. 3, meanwhile, told Sky Sport about Jannik Sinner; "He is about to become world No. 1, not è any old moment, perhaps è the most important one of his young career, since the Slam he’s already won".

"We can’t know the risk he can take, but I believe that in Paris he wants to be there becauseé he can become world No. 1 on the court, if he stays at home it’s notè the same thing. I am afraid of the first week of Roland Garros, becauseé the fact that he has not played can&eograve; be difficult for him. If he survives and makes it to the second week, then you canò think big", concluded the Croatian.