In Doha Matteo Berrettini after Novak Djokovic also beats Tallon Griekspoor
In Doha Matteo Berrettini after Novak Djokovic also beats Tallon Griekspoor
After beating Novak Djokovic in the first round of the Doha ATP 500, Matteo Berrettini overcame what Rino Tommasi called the “test of nine”, managing to beat a weaker but psychologically more difficult opponent. In fact, the Roman, world number 35, folded Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, number 51, with a score of 7-6 6-7 6-4, now he will face Britain’s Jack Draper in the quarterfinals.
Griekspoor saves a break point in the first game, but then throughout the rest of the set only on 5-5, still serving for the Dutchman, there’è another game that comes down to advantages. It goes to the tie-break, won by Berrettini 7-4 thanks to a 5-1 final partial and the’s only minibreak won at 4-3 in his favor.
No break point in the second set, again with only two games going to advantages. Another tie-break: three consecutive minibreaks from 1-1 and the last two are in Groekspoor’s favor, Berrettini regains the lead at 6-5, cancels a set point on his own serve, then loses the next point on his serve and in the next service round wins the tie-break 8-6 and extends the match.
The third set begins with the two players winning 32 of the 34 points in which they have serve until 4-4. The only two points are lost by Berrettini, who forò precisely on 4-4, breaks serve from’his opponent making the only break of the entire match and closes shortly after on the first match point after almost two and a half hours of play.
