“L’Italia è fatta. Restano da fare gli italiani.” - Massimo d’Azeglio

Italian tennis is in the midst of a golden age. It’s about damn time, too. For a country where tennis is quite popular, Italy has produced a disappointingly low number of tennis greats.

In the early 2000s and into the 2010s, Italy’s women finally started soaring to unreached heights. I…