Simone Bolelli jokes with Andrea Vavassori: “We can still go on … as long as I can!”

The words of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori

Big win for Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, who avenged the final they lost at the Australian Open and in less than an hour dominated Bopanna and Ebden far and wide. What made the difference, according to Bolelli è was the response: " a key point in doubles. I have always said that when we can raise the bar in response we become even stronger", explains Simone.

"We serve well, we cover the net well and we play well from the back" and today it è showed in a particular way. Lots of quality solutions" for the two blues, who more" times left the audience of the’Inalpi Arena breathless.

"For me, this qualification è was a dream", says Vavassori, host. "There’s no favorite couple here, we are all competitive. I imagined I would receive a lot of warmth from the audience, but I did not imagine so much".

On Wednesday, against Krawietz and Puetz, a match that canò already be worth a historic qualification: "We know them very well, we beat them in Australia and Halle and we lost to them in New York". But in Turin, with the whole crowd to push the Azzurri, it will be a whole different story.

Giovanni Pelazzo