Tennis, nine Azzurri competing today at the Internazionali d’Italia. Rain permitting

ROME – Weather permitting, it will be a blue Wednesday at the Foro Italico. The Bnl internationals of Italy they promise another day of passion and tennis, on the eve of the stars entering the scene.

The daytime programme, weather permitting

But, as mentioned, weather permitting. Unfortunately, the rain should be the enemy of all tennis players, the variable to deal with. Theoretically it starts at 11. On the central field there will be an old lion like the Swiss Wawrinka, engaged against Russian Ivashka. Following Sara Erraniwho was a finalist (against Serena Williams in 2014) at the Forum, engaged with the Russian Pavlyuchenkova. But before her, on field 1, Matilde Paoletti will try his luck against the Polish (qualifying) Frech.

But the Italians in the race will be another seven. Chronologically it will be ad Elizabeth Cocciaretto enter the field, grappling with the American Lauren Davis on the field Pietrangeli. On the Grand Stand Arena is scheduled Lucia Bronzetti against Montenegrin Danka Kovinic. After her, same field, back on stage Flavio Cobolli, who set the Foro Italico on fire yesterday in the last qualifying round, reassembling the American Nava and that today he will have to have French Rinderknech. Probably at the same time, on Camp 3, Camila Rosatello will try to surprise Claire Liuyoung American.

The evening programme

The evening program is interesting and full of ideas: at 7pm, on the Centrale, they will compete Fabio Fognini And Andy Murray. For those not familiar with tennis things, the two have never loved each other (euphemism) and therefore sparks are expected at night. It will follow, but certainly not before 20.30, Camila Giorgi against the Dutch Arantxa Rus. On field 12 the last blue of the day: Nuria Brancaccio versus the Austrian Julia Grabner.

The rest of the day

There are above all two matches to report: the one between Lesia Tsurenko and Elina Svitolina, derby that will get everyone’s applause, being the Ukrainian tennis players. Exactly the opposite of Dayana Yastremska-Anna Kalinskaya: Ukrainian the first, Russian the second. We’ll see if there will be polemics, after the Krutych-Shevchenko case, with the former failing to shake hands in the final, and after the words of Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka: “They continue to hate us, nothing has changed”.