Semi-objective for Arnaldi, Cecchinato and Weis in San Marino
A blue trio chasing the semifinal at the “Internazionali San Marino Open”appointment of the ATP Challenger Tour (67.960 euros the prize money) in progress on the clay courts of the Tennis Center Cassa di Risparmio di Montecchio. Arnaldi, Cecchinato and Weis are the protagonists of the sixth day of the “Titano” tournamentdedicated to the dispute of the four quarter-final matches.
The first Italian to take the field is Matteo Arnaldi, n.204 in the ATP ranking and eighth seeded of the tournament, landed among the top eight in San Marino thanks to the success against the Austrian Lukas Neumayer in the second round. The 21-year-old from Sanremo is playing a place in the semifinals against the Hungarian Fabiano Marozsan (# 248 ATP), protagonist of the elimination of Matteo Gigante. There is a precedent between the Ligurian and the 22-year-old from Budapest, staged last year in Antalya and won by the blue in two sets.
Marco Cecchinatofifth seed and 140 in the world ranking, after the successful follow-up against the qualifier Francesco Forti in the second round, canceling a match point, he faces the Monegasque in the quarter-finals Valentino Vacherot, 388 ATP. No precedent between the 29-year-old from Palermo and the 23-year-old from the principality, who on his debut in the main draw had eliminated Giulio Zeppieri in a comeback and in the second round the Dutch Jesper De Jong in due time.
In the match that closes the evening session, the surprise of the tournament, the blue qualified, returns to the field Alexander Weis, ranked # 423 in the world rankings. The 25-year-old from Bolzano, passing through the qualifiers, made his career debut in the Challenger main draw, beating the Kazakh Timofey Skatov in the first round and in the match that closed the Thursday evening program Lorenzo Giustino. A dream week for Weis, who aims for a place in the semifinals facing the Russian Pavel Kotov130 ATP and second seeded, victorious in two Challenger titles in Forlì indoor between December 2021 and January 2022. There is a precedent played in 2018 in the second round of the Future F39 in Turkey, won by the 23-year-old from Moscow on the South Tyrolean in due time.