NEWS

The San Marino Asset Banca ITF Junior Open Under-18 that is being played on the courts of Parco Monetcchio. Today we are playing the 1st round in the main draw with a couple of important results (some matches are still in progress).
Unfortunately we lost in the first round of the San Marino Marco De Rossi assigns to qualified Andrea Di Meo 6-4, 6-3. The derby of the San Marino Tennis Academy Filippo Stramiglioli between  and the sammarinee Peter Grassi was won by Stramiglioli with a score of 7-5, 6-2. Leonardo Dell'Ospedale, another athlete of the STA, in the main draw with a wild card, was able to overcome the Swiss Cedric Rudolph 6-2 6-4.
The seeded number one billboard male Luca Giacomini has beaten the Czech Jakub Patyk without working (6-1 6-1) well, always with regard to the Italian colors, Manfred Fellin who beat Belarusian Egor Kremen. Nicolò Castiglioni has subverted the prediction against the U.S. beating Elliott Thornton 7-5 6-1 while Filippo Mora (seeded No. 6) was knocked out by Czech Ondrej Ctverak with a double 6-3. Out against a foreign athlete also Edward Sardella who succumbed to the Russian Alexandro Chepelev. Among the girls everything easy for the favored number 1 Federica Mordegan who beat Latvia 6-2 with a double Deniza Marcinkevica, well Federica Gardella after a hard-fought match against Ukrainian Krystyna Pochtovyk won the day with a double 7 - 6.
All easy for the No. 2-seeded Anna Turati, who did not leave even one game to the Czech Laetitia Pulchartova. The players "seeded" do not betray them also won the No. 5 Kislyak Kristina (Russia) which fold Marina Gobetti.
Off yesterday also the tournament (both male and female) with a double in the field many athletes of San Marino and San Marino Tennis Academy (still among the favorites torque De Rossi-Bertuccioli).