Tennis: Us Open; Cocciaretto on the scoreboard, the blues out

(ANSA) – ROME, AUGUST 27 – Elisabette Cocciaretto wins her third and decisive match in the US Open qualifiers and enters the New York tournament draw thanks to the success against the American Whitney Osuigwe, n. 316 WTA, 7-6 (4) 6-2 the final score after 1 hour and 33 minutes of the game. It was the first confrontation between the two players.

The Azzurri fight but do not pass the decisive qualifying round in search of a place in the men’s main draw, in a day complicated by some interruptions due to rain.

He fights until the last point of the decisive tie-break of the third set Francesco Maestrelli (n.202 ATP), defeated by the Portuguese Nuno Borges, n.105 in the world and seventh in the seeding cadet, 3-6 7-6 (4) 7-6 (8) the final score after nearly three hours of play. Defeat also for Matteo Arnaldi, n.188 in the ATP ranking who sold to Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan, n.94 in the world 6-4 7-6 (1).

Nothing to do also for Flavio Cobolli (n.139 ATP), who fights but is beaten by the Czech Tomas Machac, n.126 in the world 7-6 (7) 5-7 6-1 the final score of a very tight match in the first two sets, lasting 2 hours and 28 minutes. Red disk also for Franco Agamenone (n.109 in the world and tenth in the seeding of the qualifiers), defeated by the Swiss Alexander Ritschard, n.185 in the ranking by 6-2 2-6 6-4 in two and a half games. The blue veteran Andreas Seppi, n.196 of the ATP ranking, fails to score yet another record of his long and successful career, stopped in the decisive match of “what” by the Argentine Facundo Bagnis 7-5 6-2 the score of their meeting. The final day of qualifying began with the defeat of Raul Brancaccio, positioned at n.207 in the ATP ranking, beaten by the American Christopher Eubanks (n.147 in the ranking) with a score of 4-6 6-1 6-4 in 1 hour and 39 minutes of play. Riccardo Bonadio also stops in the third qualifying round after losing 6-4 6-3 to the German Maximilian Marterer. (HANDLE).

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