SHARM EL-SHEIK. lessandro Pecci, in dazzling form, has reached the semifinals of the ITF Men’s Future tournament in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt ($15,000, outdoor hard court). The player from Riccione (No. 5 seed) advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Alessandro Battiston (qualified) 7-6 (1), 6-0 against Alessandro Battiston (qualifier), then defeated Austrian Maximilian Neuchrist (No. 2), former No. 135 in the ATP world rankings, 6-2, 6-4, playing an excellent match, always aggressive and consistently leading in the score. Now the player, who trains at the Galimberti Tennis Academy, will face Ukrainian Georgii Kravchenko, the No. 3 seed, in the semifinals.

JAVEA. Manuel Mazza (No. 3 seed) has reached the semifinals of the ITF Men’s Future tournament in Javea, Spain (prize money: $15,000, clay), part of the “Circuito Internacionales Comunidad Valenciana.” The Rimini native scored a decisive 6-2, 6-2 victory over Norway’s Herman Hoeyeraal in the round of 16, and won by the same score against qualifier Javier Molino in the quarterfinals. The player from Romagna also reached the doubles final with Gabriele Maria Noce. In the quarterfinals, they defeated Petrov-Sansano (Russia-Spain) 6-4, 6-4, and in the semifinals, they beat the Spanish pair Lopez Martos-Lopez Morillo 6-3, 1-6, 10-4. They will face the French duo of Maxence Bertimon and Arthur Nagel, the No. 1 seeds, in the final.

SZCZECIN. Mattia Logrippo has reached the semifinals of the Polish ITF Junior Tour tournament in Szczecin (Stettin), a J60-category event held on indoor hard courts, the “Magnolia Cup.” Logrippo, the reigning Italian Under-16 champion, defeated Poland’s Juliusz Stanczyk (No. 2) 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals and will now face fellow Pole Jan Skrzynski (qualifier) in the semifinals. Dennis Ciprian Spircu’s run ended in the quarterfinals, as he was defeated 6-3, 6-2 by Alessandro Maina.

Doubles, 1st round: Logrippo-Pansecchi def. Bartnik-Niezwiesny (Pol) 6-2, 6-4. In the second round, they defeated the Polish pair Pielat-Skrzynski (Pol) 7-5, 6-3. In the semifinals, they lost 6-3, 6-3 to Ciangherotti-Page (Ita-Gbr, No. 1).

In the women’s draw, Virginia Proietti stood out. The Galimberti Tennis Academy student, seeded No. 5, swept past Denmark’s Anna Brandt Schultz 6-2, 6-2 in the round of 16 and defeated the Czech Republic’s Veronika Navratilova (No. 4) 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals; her next opponent is England’s Anna Boron, seeded No. 6. Sofia Cadar is out of the tournament. The Ct Massa player, seeded No. 7, defeated local wild-card entrant Ewangelina Penkevych 7-5, 6-2 in her opening match and fellow Polish player Olimpia Jagodzinska (No. 16) 7-5, 6-4 in the second round. In the quarterfinals, she lost 6-0, 6-3 to Poland’s Julia Kolodziejska (No. 3). Doubles, quarterfinals: Proietti-Silva Kracke (Ita-Irl, No. 2) were defeated 6-4, 2-6, 10-4 by Boron-Jagodzinska (Gbr-Pol).