The rain postponed a large part of the program of the Phoenix SuperChallenger matches (220 thousand dollars in prize money) scheduled for yesterday’s Italian night, with Matteo Berrettini, Mattia Bellucci and Matteo Arnaldi who had to wait another 24 hours to take the field.
Matteo Berrettini made his debut facing, for the first time in his career, the lucky loser Mattia Bellucci (n.150 ATP) who replaced the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka, n.85 in the ranking. And he finished 64 64 with a break for a set, while winning 58% of points when he hit second serve.
In the next round, broadcast live on SuperTenniX, the digital platform of the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation, he will face the Australian Aleksandar Vukic. The number 186 in the world brought about a second Italian derby. In fact, he defeated alternate Arnaldi, n.115 ATP, protagonist at the Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan last autumn, 62 46 63.
