Tomorrow is a blue day: we start at 11 with Jannik facing Norrie, at lunchtime the challenge between Lorenzo and the Czech Lehecka. In the evening, a very tough test for Cobolli against Medvedev
Three Italians in the round of 16 of the ATP Master 1000 in Madrid and a possible all-blue semi-final on the horizon for Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti. In the meantime he has joined the two Flavio Cobolli who in a solid and concrete match got the better of the Paraguayan in two sets Adolfo Daniel Gallegonumber 96 in the world. Victory without discussion as the score says (6-3, 6-2). However, he didn’t make it Luciano Darderibeaten by the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo (number 20) with a peremptory 6-2, 6-3. Cobolli will be on the field tomorrow evening, in the last match of the day against a very tough opponent: the Russian Daniil Medvedev. Two precedents between Cobolli and Medvedev, who prevailed in both direct clashes, both played on hard courts in 2024 (US Open, ATP 500 Beijing).
Sinner opens, then Musetti
Jannik Sinner will open the day’s program, at 11, on the Manolo Santana, against the 19th seed Cameron Norrie. While Lorenzo Musetti will take to the pitch around 1.30pm, as the second match from 11am against Arantxa Sanchez following Etcheverry-Fils, against Jiri Lehecka. Sinner is chasing his fifth consecutive victory in a Masters 1000 tournament, a feat never achieved by any tennis player. But tomorrow’s opponent won’t be easy to tame: Norrie has often given the best guys a hard time, even Carlos Alcaraz. But Sinner has won the last twenty-one matches against left-handed players, the last defeat dating back to 2021, at Roland Garros against Rafa Nadal. At lunchtime it will be your turn Lorenzo Musetti face Leheckathe Czech is ahead 2-1 in the previous ones, but Musetti won the most recent, and only one on clay, last year in Monte Carlo, on the way to his first final in a Masters 1000.
