Foil World Cup, Italian women’s doubles in Tunis
Flake World Cup, Italian women’s double in Tunis
Favaretto d’gold, Errigo d’silver. The Italian women’s foil season at the World Cup began with a resounding double in the stage that kicked off the new Olympic quadrennium for CT Stefano Cerioni’s group. In Tunis the Mameli anthem sounds for the success of Martina Favaretto, winner in the final in the Italian derby against her captain Arianna Errigo. The 23-year-old from Veneto of the Fiamme Oro thus conquers her fifth career victory in the rainbow circuit, while for the Carabiniera from Lombardy è the podium number 59 in her career. Extraordinary numbers, which give further significance to the second place of the flag-bearer of Italy at the last Olympic Games and to the affirmation of the young policewoman sanctioned by the verdict of 15-5 in her favor in the assault between teammates of the silver medal team in Paris 2024. In the men’s event, on the other hand, Tommaso Martini (7° ranked) finished one step away from the podium.
The competition of Arianna Errigo and Martina Favaretto è began with victories in the first round against Poland’s Zurawska 15-9 and over Poland’s Lachman 15-4, respectively. In the round of 32 derby azzurro for Errigo who overcame Erica Cipressa 15-9 while Favaretto got the better of French Recher with a score of 15-3. Double all-Italian challenge in the round of 16 with the Lombardy-born Carabiniera beating Martina Sinigalia 15-8 and the Fiamme Oro’s Venetian who came back from a comeback against Francesca Palumbo 15-13. CT Stefano Cerioni’s women foilists continued their ride in the quarters with victories for Arianna Errigo over Japan’s Ueno 15-8 and for Martina Favaretto over Spain’s Marino 15-5, assaults that gave both the certainty of the podium.
In the semifinals, the two blues continued their run with two very clear victories: Errigo won 15-10 over Poland’s Wolczyk-Klimaszyk while Favaretto beat Canada’s Harvey (bronze medalist at the Paris 2024 Games) 15-8. We thus è arrived at the all-Italian final in Tunis, which saw the success – fifth in her World Cup career – of Martina Favaretto who got the better of Arianna Errigo (at the 59° podium of her career in the circuit) 15-5.
As for the other azzurre, also finishing among the “top 16” were Elena Tangherlini (11th), Francesca Palumbo (12th) and Martina Sinigalia (15th); followed by 17th° place for Martina Batini, 22nd Anna Cristino, 30th Erica Cipressa, 51st Camila Mancini and 62nd Aurora Grandis.
In the men’s competition, Tommaso Martini’s performance stopped one step short of the podium. The Tuscan foilist began his event with success in the first match of the day against Frenchman Ediri 15-8. In the 32’s scoreboard, the Carabiniere class of 2002 made his own the Italian derby against Paris 2024 silver medalist Filippo Macchi in a great match resolved at the’last hit, with a score of 15-14. Martini ès run then continued with a 15-8 win over transalpine Pauty that allowed him to enter the “top 8”. In the quarters the stop for the ’blue, stopped on 15-7 by the ’Egyptian Hamza. However, the 7° final place for Tommaso Martini represents the best result in his career in the Absolute World Cup circuit.
Four in all are the Italian foil fencers who entered the top 16 in the first stage of the season in Tunis: 10° Guillaume Bianchi, 11° Alessio Foconi, 13° Davide Filippi and 15° Giulio Lombardi (who had defeated in the 32’s draw the two-time Olympic champion Cheung 15-7). Next: 18° Filippo Macchi, 34° Edoardo Luperi, 35° Damiano Di Veroli, 40° Giuseppe Franzoni.
Tomorrow is the fourth and final day of the 2024/2025 World Cup debut test for foil with the two team competitions. In the women’s competition, CT Stefano Cerioni’s Italy will be on the platform with the quartet composed of Arianna Errigo, Martina Favaretto, Anna Cristino and Elena Tangherlini. The men’s blue team will line up instead with Guillaume Bianchi, Alessio Foconi, Filippo Macchi and Giulio Lombardi.
