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Elena is no longer here. Her voice, the voice of tennis, will remain forever. She was 60 years old. She never missed a commentary, not even during her illness. The last time we heard her, like you at home, was at Wimbledon, where she celebrated Jannik Sinner's second consecutive victory, just as she had done for the historic first time - on July 13, 2025 - alongside Paolo Bertolucci, who with her formed the second formidable duo of her career over more than 20 years of commentaries together. In these desperate days, the only consolation is to remember Elena right there, in her place, with a headset and a microphone, on the most legendary court, doing her job, in which she was the best. Naturally the best. Without believing it of herself, and without ever making anyone feel that she was. Elena has illustrated this outlet, Sky Sport, for more than thirty-five years, since it was called Telepiù, where she joined from its founding, as a trainee journalist in 1991, hired by Rino Tommasi, her great mentor, from whom she collected - uniquely able to do so - the heaviest legacy. Her voice is, and always will be, a code of pure beauty. Like the sound of the ball struck by Roger Federer, like a volley from Martina Navratilova. The essence of her storytelling would be necessary - so rich, precise, warm and intense, but without yielding anything to rhetoric, excess, and without wasting an adjective - to list all the successes, all the qualities of this extraordinary professional. Of this journalist woman, so far from the model sold out today especially on social media, and for this reason so current and exemplary, we hope, for future generations of boys and especially girls. So much, so very much, she gave to her work and so much, so very much, she received. She gave everything to her family and received everything back, to her daughter Martina, to her (and our) Sergio, a great producer recently awarded by the Club at Wimbledon for his remarkable career, always alongside Elena even on the court. Today, we can only direct our thoughts to them. Elena loved sports and its values and adored and honored tennis, reciprocated by the fans, those who have always been and those who became fans thanks to Sinner and his teammates. She has accompanied generations of champions with her commentaries, following their feats without ever putting herself in front of them. She imposed her style and her encyclopedic preparation without abusing it, never traded respect for cheering, and soared above meanness with the lightness of her words, always the right ones. She cried that day for Jannik at Wimbledon, and we cried with her. She belongs to the pantheon where, to name a few, Nicolò Carosio, Nando Martellini, Paolo Rosi, Alfredo Pigna, Adriano De Zan reside - those who have told millions of Italians the legendary feats of our sport, such as those of Sinner and this golden age of Italian tennis. She has passed on, like Rino Tommasi and Gianni Clerici. We will not stop listening to you. And we will not stop remembering you, dear Elena. Even if we at Sky Sport will no longer be the same, we promise you that we will do everything to be worthy of what you have left us, of your example. And of you. Pure soul, decent person, shining journalist, wonderful colleague. Great, unforgettable voice. (translated)

If you missed today's episode, September 22, of @mattino5, I recommend you go watch it. The documentary elements of alleged material falsehoods in the documents drafted and signed regarding the death of Giovanni Ferri, classified as suicide, are clear, precise, and consistent. A round of applause for the great work of @fede_panicucci and @EmanueleCanta 👏🏻👏🏻 #garlasco (translated)

#Garlasco: the name of Francesco Marchetto is on the document (July 2011) regarding the knife with which Giovanni Ferri supposedly took his own life. Yet, he explains, since March 2011 he had been transferred to Sesto San Giovanni: "It's impossible that I signed that document." (translated)

If you missed today's episode, September 22, of @mattino5, I recommend going to catch it. The documentary elements of presumed material falsehoods in the documents drafted and signed regarding the death of Giovanni Ferri, classified as suicide, are clear, precise, and consistent. A round of applause for the great work of @fede_panicucci and @EmanueleCanta 👏🏻👏🏻 #garlasco (translated)

#Garlasco, caso Ferri: dal fascicolo ricostruito dal procuratore Napoleone emergono contraddizioni rilevanti. La moglie ha depositato una istanza corredata da una relazione medico-legale, attese importanti novità nei prossimi giorni che potrebbero portare a una svolta #Giustizia #FattiDiCronaca #Notizie

Vi aspetto stasera alle ore 20.00in live su https://t.co/4IJ1P9JmGK con le #garlasco #news e il caso Sara Lodi. @LuigiGrimaldi19 ha rilasciato un'intervista per il #settimanale #Giallo nella quale dichiara: "Ho visto con i miei occhi un fascicolo occultato in cui l'ex maresciallo Francesco #Marchetto veniva indagato addirittura per concorso in omicidio con Alberto #Stasi. Un'accusa assurda, poi archiviata". La cassaforte nella stanza 27 continua a essere fonte di gravissimi indizi su come sia stato gestito il caso #Poggi. Intanto, il dott. #Napoleone ha disposto la ricostituzione documentale del fascicolo sulla morte di #Giovanni #Ferri, in quanto quel fascicolo, come moltissimi, troppi, elementi in questo caso, è scomparso. Parleremo poi del misterioso caso di Sara Lodi a Parma, una donna di 45 anni trovata nella sua casa senza vita con 10 coltellate sul corpo: ancora non si esclude l'ipotesi del sui**dio. #garlasco #news #settimanale

#Cassese spocchioso a #Storieitaliane:se volete il fascicolo sparito del suicidio di Ferri ve lo do io! Oggi sappiamo che il Dr. Napoleone, non trovandolo, lo ha già fatto ricostituire dalle forze dell’ordine e si prepara a riaprire l’indagine. Ciao Cassese. #Mattino5 #Garlasco #Giustizia #Indagine #FattiItaliani