Wimbledon: Mattia Bellucci beats Goffin and flies to main draw

Wimbledon: Mattia Bellucci flies to main draw

A stunning Mattia Bellucci flies to the main draw at Wimbledon. On the English grass of Roehampton, after his successes with Duje Ajdukovic and Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the first and second rounds of qualifying, the Italian player repeated himself in the decisive round against Belgian David Goffin, the ninth seed in the qualifying draw and number 82 in the ATP rankings.

6-3 2-6 7-6 6-4 was the final score by which Bellucci overcame Goffin after nearly three hours of battle. For the Italian tennis player, this is the second consecutive access to the main draw of a Grand Slam, after also hitting the main draw at Roland Garros.

“I am overjoyed, in the third set I was ahead one break and I told myself to fight on every point even if I lost the serve,” Bellucci admitted post-match, in words reported by Ubitennis.

I arrived here with a lot of confidence compared to last year, I felt prepared and tried to do my best".

"I hope that this victory will lead me to the best ranking; I also qualified for Roland Garros, which I did not expect, and è succeeded here as well" concluded the Italian who joins the nine Italian tennis players already in the main draw at Wimbledon.