The blue paired with Vavassori also won the doubles tournament
CAGLIARI. Lorenzo Sonego in the final at the Atp 250 Sardegna Open in Cagliari. And it is the first time on clay for the Piedmontese tennis player who, in case of victory, should enter the world top 30. Sonego will have to face tomorrow, at 13, on the center of the Tennis Club Cagliari with a difficult opponent, Laszlo Djere, number 57 in the ranking, the Serbian who yesterday eliminated Lorenzo Musetti and who in Sardinia already won an ATP 250, last year at Santa Margherita di Pula on the fields of Forte Village. A success, that of Sonego in the semifinals, matured in three sets against the American Taylor Fritz, n.30 ATP and second seed on the board. Score 6-4, 5-7, 6-1, in two hours and 38 minutes.
The statistics speak of 170 / a ATP final for an Italian tennis player. For Sonego it is the third time in the major circuit. He had won in Antalya (grass) in 2019 against the Serbian Kecmanovic. And lost in Vienna (indoor hard) last autumn against Russian Rublev after beating world number 1 Djokovic in the quarterfinals. «I had a difficult moment at the end of the set, but I calmed down and left again, also because I felt energy inside and therefore able to win the match – commented Sonego immediately after the match -. I tried to regain a few meters on the pitch after falling back a little in the second and having thus suffered his initiative and I managed to play an almost perfect third set. This tournament is played at home, a situation that is not so frequent, and I’m happy to have reached the end ».
Easy in the other semifinal which was played immediately after the work of Djere against the Georgian Basilashvili, seeded number 4. The Serbian tennis player, in great shape, won 6-2, 6-0) in a short time more than fifty minutes of play. Sonego superstar also in the doubles, meanwhile a first trophy has already raised him: paired with Andrea Vavassori, lethal under the net, he won the Sardegna Open by beating the half-Italian couple composed of Simone Bolelli and the Italian half by 6-3, 6-4. Argentine Andres Molteni. From Sardinia to Montecarlo for the great season on clay. Tomorrow the «Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters» starts, with several Azzurri in the main draw: Fognini, Sonego, Berrettini, Sinner and Musetti (wild card). (Handle).