Thrilling victory for 2022/01/sinner-daniel-at-the-australian-open-2022-the-result-live-live/” title=”Sinner Daniel at the Australian Open 2022, the result live live”>Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini in the third round (eighths) of the double at the Australian Open, first Slam of 2022 (prize money 54.2 million dollars) underway on the concrete of Melbourne Park in the Australian metropolis.
The 36 year old from Budrio, 25 in the specialty ranking (last year he nearly qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, where he was a reserve together with the Argentine Maximo Gonzalez), and the 34 year old from Arma di Taggia, 93 ATP in doubles, after having won in two sets on the debut against the Brazilians Rafael Matos and Fernando Meligeni Rodrigues Alves, and in the second round on the formation composed of the Croatian Ivan Dodig and the Brazilian Marcelo Melo, ninth seed of the tournament, they cleared for 36 76 (7) 63, after a battle lasting over two and a half hours, the British Jamie Murray and the Brazilian Bruno Soares, eighth favorites of seeding, title winners in 2016 and again semifinalists last year, after having canceled a match-point at 6-5 of the tie-break of the second set.
The blue couple, fresh from the final in Sydney (the ninth in the circuit reached together), will return to the field no earlier than Tuesday to play for a place in the semifinals with the winners of the challenge – scheduled for Monday – between Australians Dane Sweeny and Li Tu, in the draw thanks to a wild card, and the couple formed by the American Rajeev Ram and the British Joe Salisbury, second seeded of the tournament, champions in 2020 and still finalists in the last edition.
