Matteo Berrettini doesn’t stop now: he’s in the final in Kitzbuehel

Matteo Berrettini doesn’t stop anymoreù: è in the final in Kitzbuehel

Ninth victory in the last nine matches played for Matteo Berrettini, world number 50, who in the first semifinal of the’ATP 250 on the Austrian clay of Kitzuehel defeated German Yannck Hanfmann, number 116, with a double 6-4 in an hour and a half of play.

Berrettini won a break lead at 2-2, even managing to break it to zero, and kept it until the conclusion of the first set but at 4-2 he had two double break points and at 4-3 he had to save one of the counterbreak.

Also in the second set there’è only one break and of course è in favor of the 28-year-old Roman, who breaks his opponent’s serve at 15 on 3-3, on 5-3 he has three break points that are three match points but then finally closes on his serve on the fifth overall chance.

Second consecutive final on red then for Berrettini, who will now face the winner of the other semifinal between Frenchman Hugo Gasto, world number 91, and Argentine Facundo Diaz Acosta, number 77. Matteo will be hunting for his 10th career title on the major circuit, as many as Adriano Panatta.