Three blues in the second round at the Foro Italico, Sinner eliminates Tsitsipas

2020-09-16T19:22:51.782Z

Good news for Italtennis from the clay court of the Foro Italico. At least one blue will land in the quarter-finals of the Internazionali d'Italia strictly behind closed doors, as Matteo Berrettini and Stefano Travaglia will meet up against each other in the second round. The Roman tennis player, seeded number 4 and eighth in the ATP ranking, after the bye on his debut defeated the Argentine Federico Coria in the second round with a score of 7-5 6-1. Waiting for him now, the Marches Stefano Travaglia, who beat the Croatian Borna Coric 7-6 (2) 7-5. But the feat of the day was signed by Jannik Sinner. The South Tyrolean 'Next Gen' stops the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, third seeding force, by 6-1 6-7 (9) 6-2, thus proving to have overcome, physically and psychologically, the exit in the fifth against Khachanov at the US Open. Second bitter round, however, for two Sicilians. Salvatore Caruso surrendered 6-3 6-2 to the Serbian champion Novak Djokovic, number one in the ATP ranking and the scoreboard, on his return after the sensational exclusion from Flushing Meadows for hitting a line judge with a shot; Marco Cecchinato also has to say goodbye to Foro Italico, knocked out 6-4 6-1 by Serbian Filip Krajinovic. Rafa Nadal easily enters the second round. The Spaniard, number two in the ranking and seeding, who returned to competitions after more than six and a half months of stoppage, beat compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta, number 18 in the ranking, with a double 6-1, fresh from the semifinal at the Us Open of the last week. In the round of 16, the 34-year-old Spaniard will face the winner of the match scheduled for tomorrow between the Canadian Milos Raonic, n.19 ATP and thirteenth-seeded, and the Serbian Dusan Lajovic, n.25 ATP. Bitter Wednesday for the Belgian David Goffin, sixth-seeded, who gives way to the Croatian Marin Cilic, winning with a double 6-2. All easy, however, for the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, who lands in the second round by liquidating the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka with a quick 6-1 6-0. Out in the second round, among women, the Tuscan Jasmine Paolini, eliminated 6-3 6-4 by the Romanian Simona Halep, seeded number 1. Finalist at the last US Open, the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka stops the American debut Venus Williams 7-6 (7) 6-2. In the second round the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, seeded number 10, and the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska.