Matteo Berrettini flies to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time in his career. The 25 year old number 7 in the ranking rules the Spanish Carreno Busta, 19th seeded, in three sets with the score of 7-5, 7-6, 6-4.
In the quarterfinals he will face the French number 20 in the world Gael Monfils.
Berrettini is now consistently among the top eight in the Slam tournaments, he joined them at the last Roland Garros and the last US Open, while at Wimbledon he pushed to the final. In the last three Grand Slams he has lost only at the hands of Djokovic, who is not in Melbourne for known reasons. In case of victory with Monfils it would be semifinal with Nadal or Shapovalov, who surprisingly beat Zverev.
Good news also from the double, with the blue couple Bolelli-Fognini in the quarterfinals after a difficult victory over the very strong Murray-Soares couple for 3-6, 7-6, 6-3. And in the men's draw there is also Jannik Sinner, who in the night plays his eighth against the Australian Alex De Minaur.
(Unioneonline / L)
(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 23 - Matteo Berrettini arrives for the first time in his career in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, the first Slam of 2022. The 25-year-old from Rome, number 7 in the ranking and seeding, has overcome in three sets with the score of 7-5, 7-6, 6-4 the Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, n.21 ATP and 19th seed. Waiting for Berrettini in the quarterfinals next Tuesday will be Frenchman Gaël Monfils, n.20 in the world. (HANDLE).
