Laver Cup, Francisco Cerundolo leads Rest of the World over Europe’Europe

At the Uber Arena in Berlin, in the first singles match of the 2024 Laver Cup, Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, world number 31, beat Norwegian Casper Ruud, number 9.

6-4 6-4 was the score in favor of the South American, who in one hour and 38 minutes of play put the Rest of the World team 1-0 ahead of the team from Europe.

In the first set Ruud has two break points at 2-1 in his favor but does not take advantage of them, è Cerundolo instead to take advantage of the only chance in his favor at 3-3 and won the partial at the second set point.

The Argentine immediately breaks serve from the Norwegian in the first game of the second set and on his serve he concedes nothing to his opponent, indeed, he makes another break at 4-2.

When he serves for the match on 5-2 Cerundolo loses his serve for the first time but on 5-4 he manages to close the file.

Sportal.co.uk exclusive, Thomas Ceccon explains mustache-gold medal exchange

Olympic champion Thomas Ceccon spoke to Sportal.it microphones on the sidelines of a ceremony held at Torre Allianz in Milan, where the insurance company wanted to thank its ambassadors for their great achievements at the Olympics. L’Azzurro joked about the exchange between his beloved mustache, trimmed before the Paris 2024 Games, and the long-awaited and dreamed of gold medal, won in the 100-meter backstroke.

“Before I had two more mustaches and one less gold medal? A nice exchange, even if the mustache forò … No, I had said that I was taking everything off, that I was becoming as clean as possible: this è was the exchange and I could not ask for better”.

“Now I feel like a champion,” he said proudly, “at least in my race (the 100-meter backstroke ed.), leaving out the short pool that maybe in the next few years maybe I will go there as well, for” winning European, World and Olympic Games and having the world record in that race, I would say we have completed, we have put the green tick on that race”.

“Now I can say ‘gosh, I have it all’, I won everything I could win in one race, in my opinion very few people have succeeded”.

Genoa, Alberto Gilardino against Venezia wants determination

Alberto Gilardino on the eve of the away match in Venice has no doubts and charts the course of his Genoa: “We must play a game with great determination and awareness as in the second half against Roma. This must be our mentalityà in tomorrow”.

” We meet wounded team after the 4-0 in Milan, but è a team that does not reflect their position in the standings and has a prepared coach. We faced it in the summer but the market tells us that tomorrow will be totally a different game. Heavy points will be up for grabs and performance will count. From the kind of performance, attitude and approach with which we go into the match there will be the final result”.

For Gilardino però the Venice match also marks the return of two important elements. “We recover Bani and Zanoli who will come with us to Venice and on Monday I hope to find Messias, Miretti and Ankeye” as well.

The coach expects a lot especially from two players like Malinovskyi and Vitinha. “Vitinha is doing well, he has enthusiasm and desire to continue his path of growth and wants to lend a hand to the team -explained the Rossobl&ugrave coach. It will have to be good for him and the team to put him in the best conditions to be able to express himself. Tomorrow if he is on the field he will be able to play a great game. Ruslan (Malinovksyi, ed.) is fine, we need him in an important game. There’è will; to see Malinovskyi at 100 percent thate can determine”.