Martina Trevisan 's feat at Roland Garros. The Florentine tennis player, 28 years old and number 59 in the world, qualified for the semifinals of the second seasonal Grand Slam.
In the quarterfinals he battled for 2 hours and 20 minutes with Canadian Laylah Fernandez , number 18 in the ranking, winning with a score of 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 .
The Azzurri player was one step away from victory in the second set, when on 5-4 and service she also had a match point, but missed it to lose at the tie break 7-3. But in the decisive set he resumed the game in hand and obtained the splendid qualification.
It is the first time in his career that Trevisan enters the top four at Roland Garros, while in 2020 he stopped in the quarters . The last Italian in the semifinal before her on the ground of Paris was Sara Errani nine years ago, then defeated by Serena Williams.
"On the first match point I felt too much nervous tension . I felt too much that I was one point from the semifinals but after that point I accepted the situation - said the blue, commenting on the missed opportunity to win the match already in the second set -. I arrived here in Paris with a lot of energy, with the desire to push even more on the pitch ", he added, recalling the recent success in the tournament in Rabat.
Yesterday Italy greeted the last man in the men's draw: Sinner raised the white flag against the Russian Rublev in the round of 16 for a knee problem . The South Tyrolean had dominated the first set 6-1 before feeling the pain, lost the second set and retired.
(Unioneonline / L)
