Flavio Cobolli beats Wawrinka and deserves Djokovic
Flavio Cobolli forward
Flavio Cobolli starred in Shanghai. L'Azzurro, in the second Masters1000 of his career after Monte Carlo, in China as the top seed even debuted directly in the second round, with a nice bye for the first.
Not only that: in his debut he beat Stan Wawrinka in a comeback with a score of 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-3 thus guaranteeing himself a top match against former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.
Matteo Berrettini, on the other hand, lost a few hours earlier to Holger Rune and waved goodbye to Shanghai: the Italian was defeated in the second round with a score of 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. After an excellent first set, Berrettini had a drop in performance that cost him dearly: the Dane gained confidence and turned the match around.
As in Cincinnati, another time Holger Rune è managed to overcome Matteo Berrettini. Initially, the Roman tennis player seemed to have the match in his grasp, but his opponent, galvanized by Berrettini's difficulties, put all his energy into it and brought the match home.
