Matteo Berrettini takes advantage of the protected ranking and enters directly into the main draw of the ATP 250 in Stuttgart, which will see the trigger main draw next Monday: the Italian tennis player returns to the court onGerman grass.
To the first round immediately an uncomfortable customer, the Russian Roman Safiullin, number 8 of the seedingwho last year reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, but who until then had not achieved any notable results on grass in 2023, even exiting in the first round of qualifying in Stuttgart.
In case of transition to second roundthe blue would find a qualifier or Canadian wild card Denis Shapovalovwhile ai quarter finals the intersection could be col number 2 of seedingthe American Ben Sheltonwho, after having benefited from a bye on his debut, he awaits a qualifier for the round of 16.
Berrettini, therefore, is included in the lower part of the boardand in case of landing in semi-final could find himself facing the Kazakh Alexander Bublik, number 3 of seedingeven if the hypothesis of a is suggestive derby with Lorenzo Musetti, seeded number 5.
In the final the possible opponent could be the German host Alexander Zverev, number 1 of the tournament, which however in turn could find itself faced with quarter-finals the third Italian on the scoreboard, Flavio Cobolli.
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ATP 250 STUTTGART 2024 SCOREBOARD
A. Zverev (1) Bye
C. Eubanks-B. Nakashima
A. Rinderknech-A. Michelsen
F. Cobolli-J. Struff (7)
F. Tiafoe (4) Bye
H. Squire (WC)-Y. Hanfmann
M. Giron-A. Murray
S. Ofner-J. Drapers (6)
L. Musetti (5)-Q
D. Koepfer-Z. Zhang
H. Medjedovic (WC)-F. Marozsan
Bye A. Bublik (3)
R. Safiullin (8)-M. Berrettini (PR)
QD. Shapovalov (WC)
QQ
Bye B. Shelton (2)
