trophy and birthday for Graziotti

Giulio Graziotti gave himself an early birthday present. A few hours before celebrating his 25th birthday, Graziotti and the other Italian Flavio Abbate raised the FIP RISE trophy in Zurich, Switzerland. The final against Manuel Prado Prego and Miguel Oliveira was a tight affair, with Abbate and Graziotti winning the first set 6-4 and losing the tiebreak in the second before winning the final set in the deciding game. Abbate, paired with Nicolas Brusa, had already won two tournaments in Italy, the FIP RISE in Biella and the FIP Promotion Città dei Templi.

“We are champions of this fantastic tournament – they said -. We have no words to think about what happened in these fantastic days spent together, we only know that the humility, the heart and courage that was put into these games was repaid today with this great victory. We want to thank all of you who were there for us even from home, without you it would not have been the same”.