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Ready for the challenges of the new year after a 2024 of progress, exploits, and surprises!
We are ready to welcome the challenges of the new year, after a 2024 incredibly rich in success, growth and inspiration for the young talents supported by I Tennis Foundation. In May, we remember the wonderful charity night and scholarship award ceremony at the Circolo degli Esteri in Rome in the presence of outstanding testimonials

Matteo Gribaldo of I Tennis Foundation is the new Under-16 Italian Champion
There is really no better way to end a season by celebrating the tricolor. Matteo Gribaldo, a Tuscan scholarship holder of the Intesa Sanpaolo Protection Little Tennis Champions program, graduated as Italian Under-16 Champion on the courts of the Olympic Preparation Center in Tirrenia. Matteo, class of 2008, has been part of the I Tennis

Turin internship for our talents with Ivan Ljubicic and Gipo Arbino
The excitement was palpable under the Mole, where I Tennis Foundation scholars reunited on the occasion of the Nitto ATP Finals. The team of the Intesa Sanpaolo Assicura Little Tennis Champions 2024-2025 charity project had an unforgettable experience, carrying on the journey that began with the bath of crowds and emotions gathered in Cuneo thanks

Thank you Fondazione CRC: unforgettable emotions in Cuneo with Graf and Agassi
A truly unforgettable day for I Tennis Foundation scholars involved in the extraordinary event “Dialoghi sul talento” organized by Fondazione CRC and staged yesterday in Cuneo. A unique opportunity to experience together with an audience of great occasions (more than 3500 people including students from schools in the Province and spectators) the stories of two

ITF U18 tournaments in Barcelona, Palermo, and Pescara: 4 more international titles for I Tennis Foundation talents!
Intesa Sanpaolo Assicura Little Tennis Champions keeps reaping success on international tennis courts. After an intense and fruitful summer activity and the break dedicated to the U15 Absolute Italian Championships, the young talents supported by the I Tennis Foundation were back on the court with excellent results. The international schedule restarted first from Spain, where

Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf at the event of Fondazione CRC in partnership with I Tennis Foundation
On Thursday, November 7, starting at 9:30 a.m., at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Cuneo, two world tennis legends, Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, will meet thousands of high school students from the province of Cuneo in the new appointment of the format “Dialoghi sul talento”. The appointment, made in partnership with the I Tennis

I Tennis Foundation magazine is online
The special number of I Tennis Foundation Magazine is now available. Within this number, ample space is given to the events of the past year, with special focus: – to the presentation of the third edition of Intesa Sanpaolo Assicura Little Tennis Champions 2024-25 and the early successes of the boys; – to the charity

Martina Cerbo wins U15 Italian championships
For the second year in a row Martina Cerbo takes away the wonderful satisfaction of triumphing at the Italian Under 15 Championships. After her success in 2023 in doubles, Martina confirmed herself as queen of the specialty by winning the tricolor in pair with Beatrice Gatti right in Rome, her city. Excellent course for Martina,

At the J60 in Slovenia once again super performances by Galli, Gribaldo and Cappellari
The level rises but the performance of the scholars of the Intesa Sampaolo Assicura Little Tennis Champions charity program stays very high. At the J60 in Domzale (Slovenia), the team of I Tennis Foundation confirmed the excellent summer preparation carried out with Emilio Sanchez and Gipo Arbino and churned out great performances in both the girls’ and boys’ draw. Starting with another

Another banner week at the ITF Livorno: success for Galli, final for Cappellari
At the ITF J30 in Livorno, the I Tennis Foundation team signed another star-studded week. Second consecutive success, in fact, in the girls’ singles for Francesca Galli, just back from her victory in Cuneo. The 2008-born, number 1 in the seeding, lost only one set during the tournament (in the quarterfinals). She then imposed herself

I Tennis Foundation young athletes master the Under 18 ITF tournament in Cuneo
With the victories of Mattia Cappellari and Francesca Galli in the singles draw the young tennis players of the I Tennis Foundation signed a splendid double in the ITF J30 Under 18 staged on the courts of the Country Club of Cuneo. Semifinals for two other scholarship holders, Alessandra Fiorillo and Matteo Gribaldo. Another final,

DIERRE joins I Tennis Foundation to support sporting talents
Supporting young tennis talents who have quality and ambition but not the economic resources to make the most of them, and putting them in a position to develop their full potential: this is the objective that convinced Dierre to sponsor the Little Tennis Champions programme, promoted by the I Tennis Foundation, which will donate a
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Turin internship for our talents with Ivan Ljubicic and Gipo Arbino
The excitement was palpable under the Mole, where I Tennis Foundation scholars reunited on the

Interview with Ivan Ljubicic: “Happy to support I Tennis Campus: it’s my story”
An amazing career and a life made for movie screens of a figure whose intelligence

The extraordinary story of Lorenzo Sonego and Gipo Arbino on our social media
More than two ambassadors, they are two friends. Lorenzo Sonego and Gipo Arbino have embraced

The growth of young talent according to Ivan Ljubicic, Emilio Sanchez, Corrado Barazzutti and Gipo Arbino
The champions and coaches who support the non-profit academy I Tennis Campus talk about the

Interview with Rosario Rasizza, CEO of Openjobmetis, main sponsor of I Tennis Campus
When he began his professional adventure Pete Sampras sat on top of the world, something

The tale of Neila’s dreams and ambitions from Mostar
She is 13 years old, lives in Mostar, Bosnia Erzegovina, and has a boundless passion