For the eyes there are them: Roger Federer and Richard Gasquet, 75 years old in two, who bewitch the Center Court for three sets with gestures of the past. Roger checks, as expected (7-6 6-1 6-4) and tomorrow, against British Norrie, we will understand if we are at the last fires or there is time for more flashes.
For us, on the other hand, there are Matteo Berrettini and Lorenzo Sonego, career herbivores, who reach Fabio Fognini in the 3rd round. More than that, that is, four, on the threshold of the second week, at Wimbledon we only had them in 1949, but the real goal is the second round, the end of the first round of the Grand Slams. Matteo freed himself in three sets (6-3 6-4 7-6) of a Dutchman with the longest name of the only tie-break of the match, Botic Van De Zandshulp, n ° 139 in the world, a lucky loser from the arm polite but without the punch necessary to worry The Hammer, the hammer of noantri. “I only see positive things,” says Berrettini, who in the next round finds Aljaz Bedebe, No. 64 Atp, and in fact can look far. Sonego struggled an extra set (4-6 6-3 7-6 6-1) to get rid of Daniel Galan, No. 112 Atp, but he too can expect with optimism the Australian James Duckworth, No. 91 in the ranking . Gianluca Mager out with Kyrgios (7-6 6-4 6-4) and Camila Giorgi against Muchova (6-3 5-7 6-3), today at 12 (Sky Sport) it’s up to Fognini against No. 7 Atp Andrey Rublev. “I’m dead tired, I have pain in my ankle and back, but I’m back in the 3rd round of a Grand Slam,” says the Fogna. “Rublev is strong, let’s see what to invent this time.” The art of adapting, Italian excellence. –