Lorenzo Sonego redeems himself: beats Auger-Aliassime and flies to the round of 16 in Monte Carlo

Lorenzo Sonego – Auger-Aliassime 6-4 7-5

This time Lorenzo Sonego makes no mistake at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. The Piedmontese tennis player, in fact, who was eliminated in the decisive round of qualifying with Spaniard Bautista-Agut, è was re-selected as a lucky loser in place of Carlos Alcaraz, and took advantage of the opportunity, overcoming Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, number 35 in the world, in two sets (6-4 7-5) after two hours of play.

Sonego won the first set in a sprint, with a decisive stretch at 4-4 where he snatched the serve from his opponent and closed with his serve in the first partial set 6-4. In the second set forò comes the reaction of Auger-Aliassime, who wins the break in the fourth game and sails up to 5-2. Here forò comes out the usual heart and character of the Turinese, who threads five consecutive games, completing a crazy comeback and also making his second partial 7-5 at the sixth useful match point.

Sonego thus reaches the round of 16 of the Principality’s Masters 1000 where he awaits the winner of the challenge between China’s Zhizhen Zhang, number 49 in the world rankings, and France’s Ugo Humbert, number 15 in the ATP rankings and 14th seed.