BASILE ADVANCES AT A SAMBA STEP, IN PERUGIA HE IS IN THE SEMIFINALS
“RIGHT NOW I’M PLAYING WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT THE RANKING”
FIFTH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY FOR FATIC
Perugia, 13 June 2025 – From the qualifiers to the semifinals, the stories of Pierluigi Basile and Nerman Fatic make the Tennis Club Perugia dream. In the afternoon, the first semifinal of the 10th edition of the Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.Ma. Tennis Cup, an ATP Challenger 125 tournament organized by MEF Tennis Events, was defined. The 2007-born Apulian, playing for the Tennis Training School of Foligno, opened the day at the Centre Court with a 6-4 7-5 victory over Federico Arnaboldi, which earned him the first semifinal of his career in the category. He will face Bosnian Nerman Fatic, who eliminated the fast-moving Dalibor Svrcina 6-4 7-6(6). With his fifth victory of his tournament, Fatic won the 12th match of his career in the Umbrian tournament, where he had already reached the quarterfinals twice starting from which. In the evening, at 8:30 p.m., Francesco Passaro will hunt for a place in the semifinals in the derby against Andrea Pellegrino.
Fresh and brilliant, Basile enchants Perugia – The one-handed backhand would be enough as a business card, but Pierluigi Basile’s tennis really has everything to keep the public glued to the stands. With the carefree attitude of his eighteen years, he has earned a place in the first Challenger semifinal of his career, which virtually places him among the top 600 in the world with a jump of over 200 positions. “Yesterday I had dinner with some friends, I had to relax after the victory, then last night it was hot and I didn’t sleep very well. There was a bit of tension for the match, but once on the court I loosened up – the words of “Pigi” after the 6-4 7-5 over Federico Arnaboldi -. My team is large and it is important. In weeks like this we manage to be many and always good things come out. Then there is the physical trainer who is a samba teacher”. Precisely with the samba steps, Basile celebrated on the court. Tomorrow he will play the semifinal against Fatic, with the freedom to give everything with an open mind: “I think one match at a time. In my head there are no points or rankings, only what I have to do”.