Matteo Berrettini he returned to the field after two months of absence from the courts and immediately impressed on his beloved grass, managing to beat the Russian Roman Safiullin, the Canadian Denis Shapovalov and the Australian James Duckworth in series. The Italian tennis player thus qualified for the semifinal of the ATP tournament in Stuttgartwhere this afternoon will face Lorenzo Musetti in an unmissable Italian derby, the first in history in a semi-final on this surface.
It promises to be a particularly vibrant and very interesting match, the 28-year-old will start with the underdogs and dreams of reaching the final act on German soil after having raised the trophy to the sky on the two previous occasions. Matteo Berrettini is climbing the ATP rankings: he started the week as number 95 in the world, but with this result he is already there virtually hoisted to 74th place of the international ranking with 730 points under his belt.
And it doesn’t end here: if he were to beat Musettiin fact, the Wimbledon 2021 finalist he would fly to 795 points, surpassing Luca Nardi (69th, stuck at 760) and would fly to 65th place. What if he wins the tournament? We would be talking about 880 points in the safe, of overtaking Lorenzo Sonego (57th with 861) and landing in 55th or 56th place (it will depend on the semifinal of the American Brandon Nakashima in Stuttgart). Matteo Berrettini could therefore become the sixth or seventh Italian in the world behind Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Musetti, Matteo Arnaldi, Luciano Darderi, Flavio Cobolli.
ATP RANKING MATTEO BERRETTINI
ATP ranking as of June 10: 95th with 630 points.
ATP ranking with the semifinal in Stuttgart: 74th with 730 points.
ATP ranking with the possible final in Stuttgart: 65th with 795 points (overtaking Luca Nardi).
ATP ranking with possible victory in Stuttgart: 55th or 56th with 880 points (overtaking Lorenzo Sonego).
