ATP Dubai, Matteo Berrettini surrenders to Stefanos Tsitsipas
ATP Dubai, Matteo Berrettini surrenders to Stefanos Tsitsipas
Matteo Berrettini, world number 30, è was beaten in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 on the Dubai cement by Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, number 11, with a score of 7-6 1-6 6-4 in just under two hours of play.
The first to have to save beak balls, two consecutive, è Berrettini, in the eighth game of the first set, Tsitsipas does the same in the next game. It goes to the tie-break: from 3-3 Tsitsipas makes three points in a row, misses two set points but the third è the good one, for the final 7-5.
The second set è a domination of Berrettini, who from 1-1 strung five consecutive games with two breaks and lost only one point in four service turns.
In the third set no break point until 4-4,when è Matteo to have two consecutive ones na he does not transform them, in the next game he has to save two in a row, which are also two match points, the first he cancels but on the second he has to yield to Tsitsipas.
