Tennis, Next Gen: Passaro beats Arnaldi and hopes

The Italian derby at the Next Gen Atp Finals in Milan wins it Francesco Passaro at the tie-break with the score of 4-3 (7), 2-4, 3-4 (4), 4-3 (4), 4-3 (8) against Matteo Arnaldi at the end of a battle lasting 2h38 ‘. The 21-year-old from Perugia was affected by a muscle problem in his thigh in the fourth set and, despite cramps, managed to stay in the game and win after having canceled three match points in the last tie-break. Passaro therefore still hopes in the passage of the round in the Green Group (he must beat Nakashima) while the Sanremo Arnaldi is almost eliminated, having suffered two consecutive knockouts in the fifth. The victory, in the other meeting, of Nakashima (4-1, 4-3, 4-2) on Lehecka however, it also keeps a small opening open for the Ligurian who on Thursday at 2 pm should beat Lehecka and hope, in the following match, in a knockout of Passaro to get back into the race (the calculation of the sets at that point would be decisive).

Billie Jean King Cup, Italy beaten by Switzerland

Switzerland beat Italy 3-0 in Group A match Billie Jean King Cup Finals 2022, scheduled until Sunday in Glasgow. After the ko in singles of Elisabetta Cocciaretto with Jil Teichmann, the defeat came in the second match of Jasmine Paolini (# 59 Wta) with the Swiss Belinda Bencic, number 12 Wta in two sets with the score of 7-5, 6-3, in an hour and 38 minutes. In closing in the double Jasmine Paolini and Martina Trevisan bowed to Belinda Bencic and Jil Teichmann for 7-6 (7/5), 6-1.