Matteo Berrettini, winning comeback: he’s in the Rio de Janeiro quarters

Success in comeback for Matteo Berrettini, who clinches a place in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro. The Roman tennis player, current world No. 57, overcame the Serbian Dusan Lajovic (No. 129 ATP) in the round of 16 with a score of 3-6 6-4 6-2, at the end of 2 hours and 11 minutes of play on Brazilian clay.

After an underwhelming first set, Berrettini shifted gears: he grew on serve, increased his intensity from the baseline, and gradually took control of the exchanges, closing out the match with authority in the next two partials. In the quarters, he will find the Peruvian Ignacio Buse (No. 91 of the rankings), who surprised the home crowd by eliminating the Brazilian Joao Fonseca (No. 38 ATP), who appeared to be in a downturn.

Jannik Sinner meanwhile is already out of the Doha ATP 500. The path of the world and seeded number two stopped in the quarterfinals, surprised by Jakub Mensik, number 6 in the seedings and 16 in the ATP rankings, who won with a final score of 7-6 2-6 6-3 after just over two hours and ten minutes of play. Another unexpected knockout for the South Tyrolean champion after his semifinal loss at the Australian Open to Novak Djokovic.