(ANSA) – ROME, JANUARY 04 – After the narrow defeat against Australia, Italy gets back on track in the race to qualify for the semi-finals of the tennis ATP Cup, beating France 3-0. In the third edition of the tournament, scheduled until January 9 in Sydney, Vincenzo Santopadre’s team was drawn into Group B together with the reigning champions of Russia, Australia and France. The victory over France is signed by Berrettini and Sinner, the two champions of blue tennis: in the Italian night the first to take the field was the South Tyrolean, against Arthur Rinderknech (n.58 in the ranking). The score is 6-4 7-6 (6) after 1h35 ‘of play. Berrettini got the better of Ugo Humbert, n.35 in the ranking, overcoming him 6-3, 7-6 (3), after 1h36 ‘. Finally, in the doubles, Berrettini and Sinner – for the first time together – dropped the trio, overcoming 6-3, 6-7 (7), 10-8, in just over 1h45 ‘, Fabrice Martin and Edouard Roger -Vasselin. Italy must now hope that Russia will win against the hosts. Otherwise, it would be the team led by Lleyton Hewitt would qualify as before the Group B, making Thursday’s match between Russia and Italy irrelevant. (HANDLE).
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