San Marino. Beach Tennis European Championships: Colonna and Grandi fly to the quarter-finals
Continue, in Crete, the European Beach Tennis Championships. Good news from the women’s tournament, dove Marika Colonna And Alice Grandithanks to the 6-4 6-4 victory over the Latvian Strode – Tarasevica, they earn the quarter-finals.
Tomorrow the white and blue will challenge the Italians Cimatti – Nobile, first seed on the board, to try to reach the semi-final.
A stop came in the second round against the blues Doriano Beccaccioli and Diego Bollettinari, instead, for the men’s team Alvise Galli and Federico Zafferaniwho despite a good performance had to leave the tournament (6-3 6-2).
The race of the San Marino couples in the mixed doubles tournament ended in the round of 16. Yesterday, at the debut, Marika Colonna and Federico Zafferani they overtook the Estonians Hinno – 3-6 7-5 10-7 and today, in the second round, they beat the Poles Robok – Krupski for 6-1 2-6 10-8. In the second round the white and blue couple then had to challenge the Italians number 1 Gasparri – Cappelletti, who won the match 6-1 6-2.
Instead, they started from the second round Alice Grandi and Alvise Galli, that on their debut they won 6-0 7-5 on the Bulgarian couple Dimova – Nentchev. Aglio eighths, then, for the biancazzurri there was a stop against the French Barrau – Irigaray (6-4 6-3).