India Wells: Fognini, Musetti and Paolini in the second round – ANSA

(ANSA) – ROME, MARCH 11 – Winning debuts for the Italian tennis players Fabio Fognini, Lorenzo Musetti and Jasmine Paolini on the Californian hard courts of Indian Wells. The 34-year-old Ligurian n.36 Atp won a comeback with a score of 3-6 6-3 6-3 on the 36-year-old Spaniard Pablo Andujar (n.69). In the second round Fognini will find the 30 year old Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili, n.18 in the ranking and seeding. The 20-year-old Tuscan no.56 in the world beat the 28-year-old American Marcos Giron (no.55) 6-3 7-5. Musetti’s next opponent will be the other American Reilly Opelka, 17 Atp and the draw. The only blue in the Californian main draw, the 26-year-old Tuscan n.46 WTA overtook the 25-year-old British Katie Boulter, coming from qualifying, 6-3 6-2. The next obstacle for Paolini will be the 23-year-old Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, number 3 in the world ranking and second favorite of the tournament. In the men’s draw there are three other Azzurri, who will enter the second round directly as seeded: Matteo Berrettini (# 6), Jannik Sinner (# 10) and Lorenzo Sonego (# 21). (HANDLE).