The Challenger Francavilla al Mare will take place between May 16 and 22, in this small coastal commune in central-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Mediterranean. This contest belongs to the ATP Challenger circuit with category 50, and is played on clay courts. Share a week with Tunisia and Shymkent 2, and the previous week of Roland Garros.
tournament draw
The fourth edition of this Challenger event will arrive in Francavilla al Mare, with little presence of Latin players. The top seed is the French Evan Furness, who will try to take advantage of his candidacy in this small Italian contest. After the Gaul, the local appears Andrea Collarinifollowed by Spanish American Nicholas Moreno of Alboranone of the few Hispanics in the Francavilla al Mare squad, trying to gain confidence ahead of the final phase of the clay court tour.
As far as Latino participation is concerned, it is worth noting the presence of Luciano DardiItalian of Argentine origin, as well as from the purely Argentine Hernan Casanova and the Dominican Nick Hardt. These players, who do not participate in the qualifying for Roland Garros, seek to continue adding points in the ranking to be able to play, perhaps, the qualifying at Wimbledon.
The three wild cards from the Francavilla al Mare tournament have gone, as expected, to local tennis players: Matteo Arnaldi, Matteo Gigante y Francesco Maestrelli. The three of them will take advantage of this opportunity, in a week without great players competing in Challenger, to try to open a gap in this circuit.
Resultados ATP Challenger 50 Francavilla al Mare
Results May 17
First round
Rybakov-Ortenzi (11:30)
Schoolkate – Balzerani (11:30)
Viola – Giacalone (11:30 am)
Dutra da Silva – Reymond (13:00)
Giant – Dominguez (13:00)
Martineau – Harris (13:00)
Baldi – Mayot (15:00)
Heyman – Cias (15:00)
Forti – Arnaldi (15:00)
Galoppini – Bourgue (16:30)
Maestrelli – Krutykh (20:30)
*Local time (ARG: -5; ESP: =)
Results May 16
First round
Diseases – Jahn (6-4, 6-3)
Wu – Rosary (7-5, 6-2)
Valkusz – Gimeno Valero (6-3, 6-2, ret.)
Added – Hardt (6-4, 1-6, 6-3)
Casanova – Funio (7-6(1), 6-1)
Previous phase (final phase)
Ortenzi – Balzerani (6-7(4), 6-3, 6-1)
Simply – Keyboard (7-5, 6-0)
Mayot – Fancutt (6-2, ret.)
Giacalone – Pinnington Jones (6-1, 6-4)
reymond – Rich (7-5, 6-2)
Galoppini – Schoolkate (6-4, 7-6(4))
Results May 15
Preliminary phase (first round)
Clavarie – Cerasari (6-1, 6-4)
Ortenzi – Podorozhnyi (6-1, 6-1)
Fancutt – Nicosia (6-0, 6-1)
Giacalone – Virgil (3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3)
Rich – By Nicola (6-2, 4-6, 6-2)
Galoppini – Dhamne (6-3, 6-0)
