Orsi/Mesa and Gil/Moyano the first finalists

There is an Italian in the finals at the FIP PLATINUM Sardegna. Carolina Orsi, gold medal at the European Games in Krakow, will play for the title, paired with Spain’s Carla Mesa Salazar. The seventh seed in the women’s draw beat 6-2 7-5 in one hour and 38’ Marina Martinez Lobo and Nuria Rodriguez (6) and now await the winner of the other semifinal, the one starting not before 4.30 p.m. between Patri Llaguno and Lucia Sainz (2) opposed to Spain’s Beatriz Caldera Sanchez and Portugal’s Ana Caterina Nogueira (8). “I really wanted it so much, it doesn’t happen so often to play a tournament of this level at home, in Italy, and to win such an important final here is a great feeling – said Orsi –. The public in Cagliari was great and I expect it here tomorrow”. “I am very happy to have reached this goal with Carolina,” Mesa added.

Spain’s Francisco Manuel Gil and Argentina’s Ramiro Moyano (5) are the first finalists in the men’s draw, thanks to a double 7-6 in one hour and 56’ over “Coki” Nieto and Javier Rico. “This tournament has shown us that we are working well, we are very happy to have reached the final. I thank my family and my coach, who is also celebrating his birthday today”, Moyano said after the match.

The other men’s semi-final at TC Cagliari, not before 6 p.m., will see Fede Chingotto and Mike Yanguas (1) facing off against Maxi Sanchez and Luciano Capra (3).