The dream of Giulio Zeppieri is interrupted in the second round of the Australian Open. The tennis player from Larina came close to achieving a feat, being defeated in the fifth set after 3 and a half hours of battle by Cameron Norrie. 3-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 the partials, at the end of a match that suffered a couple of interruptions due to rain. Jasmine Paolini reaches the third round of the down under tournament for the first time in her career. After the victory over Diana Shnaider, the world number 31 beat German Tatjana Maria, number 42 in the ranking, with a score of 6-2, 6-3. The Italian, who entered the Top 30 for the first time last October, is set to improve her best ranking. The next match will be with the winner of the match between Elena Rybakina and Anna Blinkova.
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Nothing to do for Martina Trevisan: the world number 59 was defeated with a double 6-4 by French Oceane Dodin, number 95, who with the 3rd round has reached her best career result in Melbourne. An uphill match for the left-handed Florentine, down two breaks in the 1st set (then lost 6-4 after having recovered one) and forced to come back also in the second, where the seventh game was fatal to her. Also Lorenzo Sonego leaves the scene. The Italian fought and kept Carlos Alcaraz on the court for three and a half hours, who won 6-4, 6-7, 6-3, 7-6. Finally, also Elisabetta Cocciaretto stopped at the second round of the Grand Slam after the defeat 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 against Emma Navarro.
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