Arthur Nagel and Pyotr Nesterov will battle for the title in the men's singles final of the sixth ITF Combined Tournament, part of the "Forte Village Tennis Project" event, organized by the Forte Village Sports Academy with the support of the Regional Department of Tourism, Crafts and Commerce.
On the clay courts of Santa Margherita di Pula, the Frenchman, seeded fifth, defeated Michele Micarelli, the last Italian player in the competition, 6-1, 6-3. The Bulgarian, seeded second, prevailed 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, over Iranian Kasra Rahmani.
In the doubles final, the Italian pair formed by Alessandro Spadola and Matteo Vavassori will face the Polish Piotr Matuszewski and Jan Werblinski.
In the women's singles tournament, there will be an all-Italian semifinal between Verena Meliss (7-6, 1-6, 6-4 in 2:39 minutes over Latvian Beatrise Zeltina) and wild card Camilla Gennaro (3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in 2:13 minutes over Arianna Zucchini). In the other half of the draw, Ukraine's Anastasiia Sobolieva (the third seed, who defeated Romania's Elena Ruxandra Bertea 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 in 3:44 minutes) and Finland's Laura Hietaranta (the fifth seed, who defeated Romania's Oana Georgeta Simion 7-6, 6-1 in 2:04 minutes).
In the women's doubles final, Bertea and Switzerland's Katerina Tsygourova will face Sobolieva and Zeltina.
