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Pontoglio: golden year with great results in the “two worlds”

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Thirty are certainly the years of maturity for Davide Pontoglio, the best active tennis player from Bresciawhich closes 2022 at position 816 in the ATP rankingafter having reached the «career high» in November at step number 811. Before him, in various periods, the various Paris, Brizzi, Agazzi and Pedrini have obtained better results.

Today, however, «Pontocop» is the standard bearer of our movement. And it has become too dividing himself “between two worlds”, Italy and South America. In particular, the Colombia has for some time become his second home, since it is the land of origin of Yuliana Lizarazoin turn a tennis player, number 269 in the WTA ranking.

Forehand, backhand and love. Davide Pontoglio and Yuliana Lizarazo – © www.giornaledibrescia.it

Pontoglio, a natural terraiolo and one of the few highlanders of the one-handed backhand, returned home a few days ago with yet another transoceanic flight, this time after a stay south of the Equator for three months. The year that is about to end has brought a dowry to the tennis player from Rovato seven Open tournaments won in Italy. In Treviglio (in the province of Bergamo), Bovegno, Castellucchio (Mantova), Bagnatica (Bergamo), in the Orobic capital, in Maglie (a double, in Puglia, in the Leccese area), and in Carpenedolo.

In Colombia he won a doubles tournament paired with the young countryman Alessio Zanotti, son of Rosa and Oscar, mother and father of the Cellatica club, which is the training base for Pontocop, when he is in Italy. The same couple also hit one final in Bolivialand in which Pontoglio and Zanotti also played two semifinals.

In singles, in South America, Davide finally played a final and a semistopping four times in the second round.

Secret and goals

«I have been following i Horacio Anselmi’s training methods, Argentine guru of athletic training for many sports, including weightlifting, rugby, boxing, judo and karate – he says -. The Lui system helps develop power and responsiveness, which are the foundation of tennis. This year I feel I’ve grown physically, but also in managing matches and emotions. The forehand is probably the most improved stroke in the past 12 months. But I feel I have a lot of leeway on everything, even if I’m already thirty and even if I train without a coach. I can perfect my serve, net play and backhand.”

The goals for 2023? Pontoglio, who also plays in Serie B1 with Treviglio, wants «to play as much as possible, perhaps even on concrete, because I dream of entering the best 500 in the world».