Bolelli and Vavassori's Dream Ends in the Semifinals at the Italian Open

The dream of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori ends in the semifinal. The two Italians were eliminated in the doubles tournament at the Italian Internationals by Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic with a score of 6-2, 7-6. Arevalo-Pavic will face the winning pair of the match between Granollers-Zeballos and Bublik-Shelton in the final. Thus, the final taboo persists for Bolelli who had already stopped at the penultimate act in Rome in 2022 and even before in 2011 (always with Fognini): Vavassori, on the other hand, had never gone so far. It remains a really important first part of the season for Simone and Andrea: in the nine tournaments played in this 2024, the 38-year-old from Budrio and the 28-year-old from Turin boast a victory (Buenos Aires), a final (Australian Open), three semifinals (Rio de Janeiro, Indian Wells and Rome) and two other '1000' quarterfinals (Monte-Carlo and Madrid): they were eliminated right away only in Miami, moreover by Bopanna/Ebden, leaders of the Race to Turin (also winners in Melbourne), and in Barcelona against Gonzalez/Molteni. In the 'Race to Turin', Bolelli and Vavassori are in second position (2,710 points) behind the Indian Rohan Bopanna and the Australian Matthew Ebden (3,330), who eliminated them in the round of 16 at the Foro Italico. The two Italians must watch out for the pair in third position, formed by the Spaniard Marcel Granollers and the Argentine Horacio Zeballos (2,610 points), the top seeds in Rome by virtue of the first place occupied in the ATP specialty ranking.