As happened in the first free practice session, FP2 in Monte Carlo is also in the sign of the’idol of the house, Charles Leclerc. As a matter of fact, the ferrari driver once again obtained the best time of the session, 1:11.355, although the gap to the second place (Max Verstappen in the morning practice, Oscar Piastri in the afternoon practice) is definitely smaller, standing at 38 thousandths of a second.

Behind Leclerc and Piastri is a decidedly reinvigorated Lewis Hamilton compared to the ninth position a few hours earlier: in fact, the British champion set the third fastest time of the session, 105 thousandths behind his teammate. It is not only Leclerc, therefore, who is sending another clear message to the competition: the seven-time world champion is also aiming to take advantage of the particular conformation of the Monte Carlo track to fight in the top positions.

Closing out the Top 5 were Lando Norris on the’other McLaren and a surprising Liam Lawson, who at the wheel of his Racing Bulls scored the fifth fastest time, placing ahead of teammate Isack Hadjar. The two Racing Bulls drivers did better than both Red Bull bannermen, with Max Verstappen tenth and Yuki Tsunoda eleventh.

The two Racing Bulls drivers did better than both Red Bull bannermen, with Max Verstappen tenth and Yuki Tsunoda eleventh.

Still some difficulty in adapting for Kimi Antonelli, who does not go beyond ninth position.

The young Bolognese, however, managed to make up ground on the other Mercedes driver, George Russell, even managing to get a better time in FP2, with the Briton forced to move from sixth position in the morning (with Antonelli eleventh) to twelfth in the afternoon.

Flavio Cobolli will play a final of the major circuit of professional tennis for the third time in his career, the second at the ATP 500 level. Indeed, in the semifinal of the Hamburg tournament, the Roman tennis player overcame Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry in three sets, recovering a situation that had become very complicated in the second fraction to close 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 in 2 hours and 49 minutes of play.

After a balanced start, the Argentine went on to take the first set thanks mainly to the break won in game six, won on the advantages by taking advantage of the third break point. Cobolli fails to react and after a little more than three quarters of an hour it is Etcheverry who takes the lead in the set count, winning the fraction 6-2.

The blue athlete also failed to get into gear in the second set, at least at the beginning, and went down 3-1: from there on, however, he was able to find a series of effective strokes that allowed him first to recover the break disadvantage and then to complete a 6-2 partial that was worth 7-5 overall. Balanced until 4-4, finally, the third set, with Cobolli, however, having more in the final sprint and winning the last two games, taking home the victory.

The world number 35 will thus play his second final, on the ATP Tour circuit, of 2025: last April 6, in fact, he had managed to reach the final act in Romania, in the ATP 250 tournament in Bucharest, going on to win against Sebastian Baez with a double 6-4. In Hamburg, in addition to Cobolli, there&#8217s another final with Italian athletes as protagonists, that of the doubles, with Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori facing Andres Molteni and Fernando Romboli.

Just hours after the publication of the ’interview with Rafa Nadal by ‘L’Equipe’, Jannik Sinner responded directly to the words of the Majorcan, on the sidelines of today&#8217s training ahead of the Roland Garros opener against Arthur Rinderknech. In particular, Sinner was very appreciative that one of the legends of tennis history openly spoke out in his favor by commenting on the events of the past year.

“What Rafa Nadal said did me good and helps me, because he knows what I am like as a person and as a sportsman – explained the current world No. 1 -. Rafa Nadal&#8217s words helped me a lot, they were good for me. I was glad he spoke like that: he is an important personality not only in our sport, he is honest and he is exactly as we see him on television”.

In the interview with the French sports daily, Nadal had said he was “absolutely convinced that Jannik never meant to cheat”. The Roland Garros record-holder (as many as 14 finals won in Paris) had then added: “How much noise there is from this point of view is bad for everyone, including tennis, but I am sure Jannik has been going through hell for a year. I trust him”.

Jannik Sinner showed on his return from a three-month suspension that he has not lost the polish of his best days, so much so that he captured his best result at the Internazionali d’Italia, reaching the final where he was beaten by Carlos Alcaraz. As the top two seed, Sinner and Alcaraz could meet again in the final, this time on the Philippe-Chatrier stage.