After the good debut of Luciano Darderi who takes to the field today to challenge the American Taylor Fritz, Flavio Cobolli also passed the first round of the “Mutua Madrid Open”, the second Masters 1000 on clay in 2024, with total prize money amounting to 9,249,713 euros, underway at the Caja Magica in the Spanish capital. The 21-year-old Tuscan tennis player, number 64 in the world, won on his debut against the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, number 38 in the ATP ranking, with a score of 5-7 6-4 6-4. In today’s match, the Italian will challenge another Chilean, namely Nicolas Jarry, 22nd seeding favourite, who benefited from a bye in the first round. Excellent start also for Lorenzo Sonego who passed the first round. The 28-year-old Turin tennis player, number 52 in the world, beat the Frenchman Richard Gasquet on his debut, number 116 in the international ranking, coming from the qualifiers, with a score of 6-2 7-5. And today in the round of 32 the Italian will challenge his friend and compatriot Jannik Sinner, number 2 in the ATP rankings and first seed in the draw, who benefited from a bye in the first round. The scoreboard of Italian players is completed with Matteo Arnaldi who yesterday defeated the Australian Christopher O’Connell (67th in the ATP ranking) 6-4 6-1 and today he will face the Russian Daniil Medvedev (fourth in the world), and with Lorenzo Musetti who will be joined by the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild.