Method for washing laundry in a laundry washing machine and laundry washing machine

A laundry washing machine comprising:

• a washing tub;
• a rotatable washing drum located inside the washing tub and configured to receive laundry;
• a water inlet circuit configured to dispense water into the washing tub;
• a drain pump configured to remove water from the washing tub;
• and
• a control unit configured to:
• operate the water inlet circuit to fill said washing tub with a first quantity of clean water that exceeds the quantity of water necessary to wet said loaded laundry completely, so as to obtain complete wetting of said loaded laundry;
• rotate the washing drum so as to extract by squeezing any free water from said loaded laundry into the washing tub, the free water being water in excess of the quantity of water necessary to wet said loaded laundry completely;
• operate the drain pump to drain the free water from the washing tub and discharge the free water from the washing machine;
• and
• operate the water inlet circuit to add a given quantity of detergent to said loaded laundry after the complete wetting of said loaded laundry and said draining of free water such that the tub contains only the loaded laundry, the quantity of water necessary to wet said loaded laundry completely, and the given quantity of detergent.