Madrid: victories for Darderi and Cobolli. Jasmine Paolini knocked out

Sweet day for the blue colors in Madrid. In the men’s draw, Luciano Darderi and Flavio Cobolli qualified for the third round of the Masters 1000 at the Caja Magica. The Italo-Argentinian tennis player bent in two quick sets 6-1, 6-3 over Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo, commanding with authority. Now the number 18 seed will face in the third round the other Cerundolo, Francisco, who overcame Germany’s Hanfmann in two sets.

More hard-fought match for Cobolli against Argentina’s Ugo Carabelli: the Azzurro folded his rival in three sets with the scores of 7-6, 1-6, 4-6. After losing the first set at the tie-break, the Tuscan tennis player stepped up his game and won the other two partials, guaranteeing himself passage to the round.

In the women’s field, on the other hand, Jasmine Paolini’s defeat came: the Azzurra was folded by the U.S. Baptiste, number 32 in the world, in two sets in almost two hours of play, with the partials of 7-5, 6-3.

For the Tuscan, a step back after the victory against Siegemund: now rest ahead of the appointment in Rome, where she has to defend the points from last season’s victory.

Good news came Friday for Lorenzo Musetti, who overcame in two sets Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz with the partials of 6-4, 7-6 in an hour and fifty-two minutes of play, also qualifying for the third round where he will face Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands. In the second set, the Tuscan tennis player had to cancel two set points in the twelfth game before prevailing in the tie-break 7-5, showing character in the decisive moments.