Moscow – Simone Vagnozzi ends his Russian adventure during the second qualifying round of the Kremlin Cup, at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow. The Marche-native, number 469 ATP, lost after a double 6-4 to the Russian Denis Matsukevich, number 513 in the world ranking. In the first round, the Italian had defeated the Ukrainian Denys Molchanov, number 175 ATP, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 after two hours of play. Meanwhile, the main draw sees three Italians still in the game: Fabio Fognini, fourth favorite at the seeding and bye at his debut, will compete in the second round against the winner of the match between the Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin and the Russian wild card Karen Khachanov; Andreas Seppi, number 8, drawn against Dusan Lajovic; while Paolo Lorenzi has a challenging first round against the Argentinian Juan Monaco (the Siena-native won this year in the Sao Paulo quarter finals). (9Colonne)
