Italian tennis is back to fly, the magnificent 9 in the lead on all terrains in all tournaments, now Montecarlo

Tennis, the Italian one is back to fly. Fly Italtennis in all tournaments, competitive on all surfaces. With the talented Sinner and Musetti in place for the next 10 years. And in the prestigious Montecarlo scoreboard there are nine Azzurri.

Fly the tennis of Italy in all tournaments. On all surfaces, concrete or clay. Every week there is an Italian tennis player in the final stages of an ATP tournament. See Acapulco, Melbourne, Miami, Cagliari.

Sinner won the blue derby on Travaglia in Melbourne in the prologue of the Open Australia. And then he played the final in the Miami Masters 1000 (only folded by a superb Hurkacz)).

Another under 20, Musetti, stopped in the semifinals at the ATP 500 in Acapulco in front of Tsitsipas. The Piedmontese Lorenzo Sonego, 25 years old, a former Del Toro player, triumphed last Sunday in the ATP 250 in Cagliari, taking his second tournament after that of Antalya (Turkey). “It's title # 70,” tennis historian Ubaldo Scanagatta recalled.

Sonego has nerves of steel, he came at the head of three marathons in the third set with the German Hanfaman, the American Fritz and Sunday with Serbia Laslo Djere. A battle lasting three hours and two minutes. For the first time he is in the top 30.

Never so high since 1977. It was the time of Panatta, Barazzuti, Bertolucci, Zugarelli. A golden age that seems to be back. Overwhelmingly.

Paolo Bertolucci himself explains: “I never liked comparisons with the past. But this new generation has really interesting technical and physical characteristics. There are Sinner's solidity and mental strength, Musetti's golden arm, Sonego's heart and determination. Without forgetting that Berrettini and Fognini are ready to take back a leading role. It means that we are now competitive on all surfaces and that we can remedy the drops in condition “.

And now Montecarlo. The blue patrol counts 9 tennis players. In the lead Fabio Fognini winner of the last edition.

The more severe exams begin

Those of the red earth that someone has already begun to face. Red clay is the hardest surface. The three European Masters 1000 (Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome) leading to Roland Garros are demanding.

The French Open is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments, the only one on clay. It is played from May 30th to Sunday June 13th. Nadal has won it 13 times (record). Two weeks later Wimbledon begins (starting June 28). Everything has been postponed by a week, due to Covid.

Meanwhile there is Montecarlo with another extraordinary result of the Italian tennis: Travaglia, Caruso, Cecchinato and Fabbiano have also been included in the main draw. High in revs Fognini who assures: "As long as I have fire inside I will fight". Then he adds: “Italian tennis is at the top. And then I am in favor of the vaccine. I had Covid and my whole family went through a very difficult time ”.

Source: Blitz Quotidiano

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