Roland Garros speaks more and more Italian: Flavio loses the first set with Auger-Aliassime then recovers and eliminates the number six in the world. He will face the winner of the Italian derby between Berrettini and Arnaldi
The afternoon in Paris gives us two fantastic pieces of news: the first is that Flavio Cobolli is in the semifinals at Roland Garros, the second (which is a consequence of the first) is that for the second consecutive year there will be an Italian in the final of the most important clay tournament in the world (last year Jannik Sinner defeated by Carlos Alcaraz). Yes, because Flavio Cobolli, after the splendid comeback against Augier-Aliassime who had won the first set, in the semi-final will face the winner of the challenge between Matteo Berrettini and Matteo Arnaldi. Italy is increasingly master of world tennis and Cobolli’s victory was another masterpiece of tactics, intelligence and great ability to stay on the court.
Super Cobolli
Cobolli’s victory is a pearl in 2026 in which the Roman tennis player has made enormous progress, so much so that by reaching the semi-final he will enter the world top ten. The match in the first set was affected by the wind, so much so that at the end of the first match Auger-Aliassime won the organizers decided to close the roof. In fact it was played indoors. The match seems to be on its way, Auger-Aliassime flies 3-1 but Cobolli reacts and scores four consecutive games: 83% of points won with the first in the second set, forfeited with the score 6-4. Flavio is a lion: at 3-3 in the third set he breaks serve, then cancels three more break points, taming an exchange of 23 shots. Then he closes 6-4 and reverses the score. In the fourth set Cobolli gets the break in the fifth game and then is no longer surprised, closing the match with a 6-4 in the fourth set.
