Italian tennis player Raúl Brancaccio defeated his compatriot Andrea Vavassori by a convincing 6-1, 6-1 after 1h15m of play to be the great champion of the Challenger 80 of San Benedetto. First title at this level for the 25-year-old.
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Raúl Brancaccio found sporting maturity at the age of 25, is that in modern tennis there is always time. After many seasons in which he struggled beyond the Top 300, in this 2022 he was able to get back into it. The best of his year were the semifinals in the Troyes Challengerthe rooms in Gran Canaria and the semi-finals at Mataro’s M25 ITF. In his last tournament, he reached the round of 16 from qualy in Verona. already in St. Benedictovercame the qualy after beating a Federico Arnaboldi and Alex Martí Pujolras. In the main draw. got into the final after eliminating Francesco Maestrelli, Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida, Matteo Arnaldi and Luciano Darderi.
Andrea Vavassori He is still looking to recover his best version to continue fighting on the circuit. The Italian this season has not had great results, he has even added several defeats and few victories. The highlight of his 2022 was the quarterfinals in Zadarthe second round since qualifying in Rose garden and beat the ranking Wimbledon. Prior to this tournament, he fell in the first round of Verona and in the preliminary phase of ATP de Gstaad. already in St. Benedict victory to Jonas Forejtek, Francesco Passaro and Pedro Boscardín to be a semifinalist.
Brancaccio was an Italian whirlwind
The first game of the opening set was a marathon as they contested over a crippling 20 points. After that, Raúl Brancaccio he asserted his serve and his return to cause problems for Andrea Vavassori. Although some games were fought, the 25-year-old capitalized on his chances to seal the 6-1 after 41 minutes.
In the second heat it seemed that Vavassori would react and match the actions. However, Brancaccio was totally dominant in the match, he left no doubts, he attacked with great quality and precision to be champion by 6-1, 6-1 after 1h15m.