Dubai: Matteo Berrettini doesn’t give Gael Monfils a chance

Dubai: Matteo Berrettini doesn’t give Gael Monfils a chance

Good start for Matteo Berrettini at the Atp 500 tournament in Dubai: the Italian tennis player overcame Frenchman Gael Monfils in the first round in two sets, with the result of 7-5, 6-4, in one hour and 24 minutes of play. The world number 30 fulfilled the predictions by offering a positive test, and in the second round he will face the Australian Christopher O'Connell.

The Roman player encountered some difficulties in the first set, when he è got two breaks back from a disadvantage by the experienced transalpine tennis player, but è managed to raise the level in the decisive moment by snatching his serve again in the eleventh game.

Moreù linear the second set, in which the Blue è was very solid on serve (conceding just two points) and took advantage of the break ball in the seventh game to take the lead and close the match. For Berrettini excellent percentages with the first serve (90%), while some more problems came with the second.

In the Dubai tournament è another Azzurro, Luca Nardi, is also in the running, while Lorenzo Sonego è was eliminated by Stefanos Tsitsipas.