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Elisabetta Cocciaretto raises her voice again and is no longer in hiding

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First Elsa Jacquemot, then Coco Gauff, then Ann Li: Elisabetta Cocciaretto’s triptych of victories at the Doha WTA will put the Marche player back in the Top 40, and regardless of how it turns out in Qatar, the Italian tennis player herself seems to have regained the polish of the good times. Certainly, the confidence is huge, as shown by Cocciaretto’s own words to Supertennis Tv: “I came here with the knowledge that I want to play more matches at this level. I tried to give my best and think match by match regardless of the round and the’opponent” she said.

“Yesterday I played an incredible match, today I knew it would be tough – she added, speaking specifically about the matches against the two American tennis players, Gauff and Li -: the conditions, being first match on a different court, were not the same. To have brought it home means that I am reaching a good level”. What is certain is that Cocciaretto is making the most of her second chance in Doha: in fact, her entry into the main draw came as a lucky loser, after missing the final qualifying round.

Francesco LuciveroJannik Sinner, a new case explodes on television: fans in turmoil

Jannik Sinner continues to make people talk about him, not only on the court but also on Italian screens.
Tennis, in fact, is once again a TV phenomenon and the race for TV rights is more heated than ever.
Specifically, Mediaset has wrested from Rai the rights to the ATP Finals.
Last November, the ATP Finals final in Turin had made Rai 1 fly to nearly 5.5 million viewers, with 28.7 percent share.
Numbers that appeal to everyone, given the boom that tennis has made in the country with the'South Tyrol.

There also remains a question about the venue of the event, after the happy interlude in that of Turin.
The'Italy will host the ATP Finals until 2030, but the ATP will already from next year evaluate different options for the location.
Milan, favored thanks to the Olympics, seems the most concrete candidate as the next venue of the ATP Finals.
Doubt about Turin’s confirmation thus opens new scenarios for both fans and broadcasters.
With a possible new venue, it will be necessary to reckon with possible moves and new programming strategies.
Sinner, for his part, remains focused on returning to the field: intense months are coming for him.
The'goal is to redeem himself after the Australian Open: it will start with the ATP 500 tournament in Doha, then it will be the turn of Indian Wells, Miami and Madrid before the Internazionali di Roma.

In Qatar, the 2001-born tennis player is dreaming of her second breakthrough of the season, after winning the Hobart tournament in mid-January, one of the appetizers of the Australian Open, beating in the’order Jizelle Sibai and Darja Semenistaja in the qualifiers before defeating Ayano Shimuzu, Ann Li herself, Anna Bondar, Antonia Ruzic, and Iva Jovic, thus winning her second major circuit tournament after the one she won in Lausanne in 2023, the year she reached her best ranking, at position number 29.

The only blemish on this early season is the fleeting appearance at the Australian Open, where Elisabetta Cocciaretto was unable to get beyond the first round, defeated by Austria&#8217s Julia Grabher in three sets (7-5, 2-6, 6-4), at the end of a match that lasted two hours and thirty minutes of play.

25 years old last January 25, Elisabetta Cocciaretto boasts, in addition to the two WTA 250s won in Lausanne and Hobart, four tournaments won on the WTA 125 circuit (Tampico 2022, San Luis Potosí 2023, Charleston 2024 and Båstad 2025) and two successes in the Billie Jean King Cup with the Italian team, in 2024 and 2025.

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