Matteo Berrettini, good start in New York. Nardi out

Matteo Berrettini, good start in New York. Nardi out

Good start for Matteo Berrettini at the Us Open: the Roman tennis player, number 44 in the rankings, eliminated the Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas, number 122 in the world, in the first round in three sets in 2 hours and 23 minutes of the match with the scores of 7-6, 6-2, 6-3. L'Azzurro, who showed up with a bandage on the calf of his right leg, struggled a bit in the first partial, where he squandered a break lead and took quite some time to get the measure of the Spaniard.

The tie-break victory, however, gave the right confidence to the former world No. 6, who then routed the Iberian by winning the other two sets 6-2, 6-3, holding the reins of the challenge for the rest of the match.

In the second round, Berrettini will face U.S. Taylor Fritz, world number 12, who bowed out Argentina's Ugo Carabelli, number 93, in three sets.

Nothing to do instead for Luca Nardi: the Italian world number 90 struggled with Roberto Bautista Agut but è was defeated in three hard-fought sets 5-7, 6-7, 6-7.