He has no half measures, Matteo Berrettini: either he misses tournaments due to injury or he plays and shines. The Roman tennis player won the derby against Lorenzo Musetti and reached the final Stuttgart.
Upon returning after 2 months and having missed tournaments on clay like the ones due to less than optimal athletic conditions Italian internationals in his Rome and the Roland Garros in Paris, he almost magically found his game and condition in the “Boss Open” tournament Atp 250 staged on German grass pitches, where he triumphed in 2019 and 2022. In today’s semi-final Berrettini, number 95 of the world, competing with a protected ranking, he quite clearly beat the Tuscan, number 5 in the seeding and 30 in the ATP rankings, with a score of 6-4 6-0. In the final he will now find Jack Draper: the British player defeated the American with a double 6-3, 6-3 Brandon Nakashima in the first semi-final. With this result, Berrettni already flies to number 65 in the ranking and in case of victory he would even rise to the position 55.
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Meanwhile, warm up the engines too Jannik Sinner. Fresh from the semi-final lost in Paris against Carlos Alcaraz, the world number 1 learned the name of his opponent on the grass in Halle, another prestigious German tournament taking place from 17 to 23 June. The 22-year-old from South Tyrol will have to face the Dutchman again Tallon Griekspoor, n.23. In case of victory, he could cross Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarters and Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals. Four other Italians are also on the scoreboard. Luciano Darderinumber 41, will begin his journey against the German Jan-Lennard Struffnumber 35 (whoever wins will most likely challenge Tsitsipas). Flavio Cobollinumber 50, will challenge the tough guy Hubert Hurkacznumber 8.
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Berrettini will instead make his debut against a qualified player, Lorenzo Sonego opens against the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic in the match that will determine the possible opponent of Alexander Zverev, number 2 in the draw, in the second round. Sinner is also registered in doubles, paired with his friend Hurkacz: they will debut against the numbers 3 on the scoreboard, Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow. The number 1s in the doubles main draw are the Azzurri Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori who will debut against a pair of singles players, Griekspoor and Struff.
