Heart and character are not enough Matteo Arnaldiwhich leaves the scene at the round of 16 of the Delray Beach OpenATP 250 tournament broadcast live on Sky Sport e in streaming su NOW. After the comeback against Nishioka on his debut, this time he fails to achieve the feat against the Australian Rinky Hijikatanumber 84 in the ranking, who won with the partial results of 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 after two and a half hours of playing. The Sanremo player, number 43 in the ranking, thus missed his third career quarter-final at ATP level, going out against Hijikata who managed to beat a Top-50 player for the first time.
Cobolli awaits Svajda: the 2nd round on Thursday
On Thursday, however, Flavio will return to the field Cobolli. After the three-set victory against Daniel, the Roman (who entered the draw as a lucky loser) will face the American Zachary Swedish, n. 146 in the world, coming from the qualifiers. There are no precedents between the two. In case of victory, Cobolli could face another American in the quarter-finals, the n. 2 seeding Frances Tiafoe.