Nuoro sisters Barbara and Marcella Dessolis, Barletta's Eleonora Alvisi, Poggibonsi's Linda Salvi, Ciriaco's Jessica Bertoldo in the women's team, and Faenza's Noah Perfetti in the men's team. Six players registered with TC Cagliari have reached the quarterfinals of the Open BNL, played on the clay courts of the Monte Urpinu tennis club. They are joined by Gabriele Maria Noce of Lazio, a representative of TC Alghero.
In the women's singles, Bertoldo of New Cagliari, the pre-match favorite, defeated Gaia Mais 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and will face Greta Rizzetto tomorrow.
No. 2 seed Alvisi will play No. 7 Anna Tambelli, and Barbara Dessolis will challenge No. 3 Cristiana Ferrando, a finalist here last year.
An all-red-and-blue challenge between Marcella Dessolis (6-4, 2-6, 6-2 over Costanza Traversi) and the number 4 seed Salvi (6-4, 7-6 over Cecilia Manitto).
In the men's singles, Perfetti (another rossoblu newcomer for 2026), credited with the fifth seed, beat Mattia Vergoni 6-0, 6-1 and will challenge Andrea Motta tomorrow.
Noce, the third seed in the draw, defeated Federico Guarducci 6-2, 6-3 in the match that closed the day. Tomorrow, he faces Gregorio Biondolillo.
In the quarterfinals, number 1 seed Alessandro Ingarao faced Filippo Callerio, who eliminated Matteo Mura from Torre del Greco 6-0, 4-6, 7-5.
The final quarter will see the winners of the matches between number 2 Gian Marco Ortenzi and Francesco Mineo Mineo, and between number 7 Andrea Paolini and Giuseppe Catapane face off.
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Open BNL Tc Cagliari, the Dessolis sisters reach the quarterfinals
Marcella beats Costanza Traversi and joins Barbara, who had already advanced to tomorrow's round, in the quarterfinals. Matteo Mura loses.