Berrettini's brother continues to whirl in Bolzano

The Sparkasse Alperia Trophy is currently attracting international tennis aces to South Tyrol. One of them is Jacopo Berrettini.

August 01, 2024

From: fop

The younger brother of Italy's tennis star and former world number six Matteo Berrettini is putting on a show in Bolzano. The number 427 is in the round of the best four at the 12th Sparkasse Alperia Trophy of the TC Bolzano, an ITF tournament with prize money of 25.000 dollars.

Jacopo Berrettini won the final match of the day on Thursday against Marian Tammaro (ITA/ATP 682) with a clear 6:0, 6:3. This makes him one of two Italians in the semifinals. There were six Italians competing in the quarterfinals.

4 Azzurri fail in the quarter-finals

In the big match, Frenchman Lilian Marmousez prevailed against second seeded Italian Federico Gaio with 7:6 (5), 7:6 (4). The match between Luciano Ambrogi from Argentina and Leonardo Malgaroli also lasted more than two hours. The Azzurro ultimately lost 6:7 (5), 4:6. The matter was clearer in the match between Gianmarco Ferrari and Filippo Speziali, which the former won in just 69 minutes with 6:3, 6:2.

On Thursday, the stands at the TC Bozen facility in Gries were also packed. © Facebook

Ferrari and Marmousez and Berrettini and Ambrogi will face each other in the semifinals on Friday from 10.30:XNUMX a.m. The doubles final will then be played between Ambrogi/Davide Cortimiglia (Italy) and Marmousez/Oleksandr Ovcharenko (Ukraine).

Schlagwörter: Tennis ITF Bolzano TC Bolzano Jacopo Berrettini