Matteo Berrettini's moment remains a delicate one, forced to immediately pack his bags and leave California. The Roman tennis player was eliminated at the debut of the "BNP Paribas Open" tournament, the first ATP Masters 1000 season, underway on the hard courts of Indian Wells. After more than two and a half hours of play, Berrettini - whose path was also conditioned by injuries, the last of which in Acapulco - was defeated by the Japanese Taro Daniel (103 in the world) in the third set: after losing the first in the tie-break, Berrettini, number 23 ATP, won the second without problems, but had to yield in the decisive one not without regrets. The final score for the Japanese is 7-6 (5), 0-6, 6-3.
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On the women's side, Camila Giorgi, 44th force in the WTA rankings, eliminated in the second round, also knocked out. The Marche tennis player surrendered, after just under 2 hours of play, to the number 3 of the ranking, the American Jessica Pegula, who imposed herself with the score of 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Pegula will meet Russia's Anastasia Potapova, seeded No. 26, in the third round.
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Tennis, Indian Wells. Camila Giorgi