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ITF J60 Menton: scholars battling it out in a top international tournament where Alessandra Fiorillo triumphs in doubles!
Beautiful experience for the boys in the ITF J60 under 18 tournament held April 19-26 at the Tennis Club de Menton, where Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni Little Tennis Champions program scholar Alessandra Fiorillo authoritatively won the title in the women’s doubles paired with France’s Emma Wiesenfeld. For Fiorillo, this is her third success of the season

Matteo Gribaldo exploit in Croatia: semifinal in the ITF J300 U18 in Vrsar and entry into the top-300!
Matteo Gribaldo continues to make waves on the international youth circuit. The 2008 class from Montecatini, already the Italian Under 16 champion last December, began 2025 with a series of outstanding results that propel him directly into the top 300 of the ITF Under 18 rankings – 213 the new best ranking – thus marking

Under-18 ITF tournaments in Antalya: two doubles finals for Little Tennis Champions!
Young talents from the Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni Little Tennis Champions program, sponsored by the charity I Tennis Foundation, recently took part in the under-18 ITF J100 and J60 tournaments in Antalya, Turkey, held March 10-23 at the Megasaray Tennis Academy. In particular, Matteo Gribaldo from Tuscany, the reigning under-16 Italian champion, distinguished himself by consecutively

I Tennis Foundation and Synergie: a partnership for the future of youth tennis
I Tennis Foundation, a charity committed to supporting young tennis talent, enthusiastically announces the start of its partnership with Synergie Italia, a leading employment agency in the human resources sector, as the Official Sponsor of the Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni Little Tennis Champions scholarship program. The agreement represents an important step forward for the program, which

Former ATP No. 3 and Federer’s last coach Ljubicic: “ With I Tennis Foundation, special bond to help young talent.”
On the occasion of his 46th birthday, Ivan Ljubicic gave an exclusive interview in which between past, present and future he stressed the importance of the work done by I Tennis Foundation, the Italian charity of which he is an honorary member and supervisor. The former world No. 3 and Roger Federer’s last coach, who

Special practice sessions in Monza with Camporese, Arbino and Panichi! A huge thanks to Cogefin Colombo Group
The sessions organized by I Tennis Foundation at the Villa Reale Tennis in Monza, which saw the Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni Little Tennis Champions program scholars engaged in three days of special training and educational moments, have successfully concluded. The young talents had the opportunity to refine their preparation under the expert guidance of Gipo Arbino,

What a great experience in African major tournaments for Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni Little Tennis Champions!
The young scholars of the Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni Little Tennis Champions program concluded the first stages of the second part of the 2025 international programming with an important trip to the ITF U18 J500 tournaments in Cairo, Egypt, and J300 in Casablanca, Morocco, played in the last two weeks of February. Among the most significant

I Tennis Foundation talents in Monza with Omar Camporese and Gipo Arbino
After closing out 2024 with Matteo Gribaldo’s triumph in the Italian Under 16 Championships, I Tennis Foundation and its grantees started 2025 with their foot on the accelerator. In fact, the team of the Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni Little Tennis Champions charity project immediately took the field, tackling two top-level events, the first in Egypt (Cairo)

A 2025 full of challenges for Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni LTC scholars!
With the support of Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni and all other sponsors, partners, honorary members, testimonials and top supporting coaches, I Tennis Foundation is pleased to announce the competitive schedule and event calendar for the first half of the new year. Compared to the original program, I Tennis Foundation has made an extra effort and added

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
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