Andrea Pellegrino Beats Landaluce in 2 Hours, 11 Minutes
andrea pellegrino beat Martín Landaluce in Rome and moved into the final phase of the Masters 1,000 event at the Foro Itálico. The match lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes on clay, and the result sent Pellegrino through in front of a home crowd.
Foro Itálico Clay Test
The Italian player handled a long qualifying match that ended with Landaluce out of the tournament’s main-draw race. Pellegrino’s win gave him the place he needed in Rome’s final phase, the part of the event the field had been trying to reach.
Landaluce came in as the number 94 player and at 20 years old was still carrying the profile of a young Spanish prospect. He had already reached the quarterfinals of the Masters 1,000 of Miami in March of 2026 and entered the ATP top 100 for the first time at the Masters 1,000 of Madrid in 2026.
Landaluce Misses Rome Main Draw
Tuesday’s loss made Landaluce the only Spanish player on that day who did not reach the Rome main draw. Seven Spanish players were already in the main draw: Pablo Jódar, Jaume Munar, Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina, Roberto Bautista, Pablo Carreño, Daniel Mérida and Pablo Llamas.
That leaves Pellegrino advancing at home while Landaluce’s run stops one step short of the group that will shape the tournament proper. For Pellegrino, the result is the direct gain; for Landaluce, it is a missed entry after a spring that had already produced a quarterfinal run in Miami and a first trip into the ATP top 100 in Madrid.
