Rome: Stefano Napolitano continues to fly and gives himself Nicolas Jarry

Internazionali d'Italia: Stefano Napolitano-Juncheng Shang 6-7 6-1 6-0

Stefano Napolitano’s extraordinary run at the Internazionali d'Italia continues. The player from Biella, in fact, has è imposed himself in a comeback over the Chinese Juncheng Shang with the score of 6-7 6-1 6-0, after two hours and twenty-one minutes of play, winning for the first time in his career the access to the third round in a Masters 1000, where he will face the Chilean Nicolas Jarry.

The first jolt to the match comes from Napolitano, who è deftly took advantage of Shang’s errors and snatched serve in the fifth game. The azure, in addition, also has a chance to double the break lead, but the Asian manages to save himself, recover the disadvantage and take the first set to the tie-break, dominating it and winning the first partial.

In the second set, after a balanced start, è Napolitano to take the lead of the operations and pushed by the Italian audience and accomplice a decline of the opponent in a short time grinds points and break, closing the partial on 6-1. In the third and decisive set, the Biellese’s superiority became even more clear, with Shang unable to win a single game.