The Azzurri waste a match point on 10-9 of the super tiebreak and fail to complete the comeback against Matos and Hernandez. The Spaniard and the Brazilian and conquer the third title of the season
Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli stop one step away from their dream at the ATP 250 in Bastad, where the comeback attempt started against the couple made up of the Brazilian Rafael Matos and the Spaniard David Vega Hernandez did not go well. The Azzurri were in fact defeated with a score of 4-6 6-3 11-13, after having recovered the disadvantage of a set and even wasted a match point on 10-9 of the super tie-break. During the final, a single break per set made the difference. In the opening run, the Italians gave way, and the service, to their opponents in the third game (2-1) while their reaction came with the break of 5-3, when one turn of service was enough winning to bring everything to the decisive super tie-break, which ended with a score of 13-11. This is the third title of the season for the Spanish-Brazilian duo, fourth favorite in seeding.
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For Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli, on the other hand, it was the third final of 2022 after those reached in Sydney in January and in Rio de Janeiro a month later, where they also managed to conquer the title. Despite the outcome of today’s match, thanks to the consistency of results collected even in highly prestigious tournaments such as the Australian Open (quarter-finals) and the two Masters 1000 in Miami and Rome (semifinal), qualification for the ATP Finals remains in the sights. Turin. At the moment, in fact, the “grains” occupy the ninth place in the race at the end of the year with 1,775 points, just behind the Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah (1,785 points).
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