An unexpected defeat. Matteo Berrettini had everything it took to advance to the quarter-finals of the Halle tournament but after a first set of the highest level, the Roman began to creak. The American Giron was very good at taking advantage of the Italian’s missed pass and won in the third set. But now the appointment is at Wimbledon.
Berrettini stops at the best moment: Giron wins
A disappointment for Matteo Berrettini which seemed to be heading towards the quarter-finals of the Halle tournament. After the final in Stuttgart, the Italian was aiming for an encore on German grass and the first set against American Marc Giron showed excellent possibilities (6-3). In the second the music does not change, balance reigns with Matteo who has a few more opportunities on his opponent’s serve but is unable to capitalize on them with the American who in the tenth game raises the level of his game and wins the set (6-4 ). Berrettini tries to shake himself up in the third set but after having wasted another few important opportunities he is the first to make mistakes, the serve becomes less effective and Giron raises the level of his shots to win the victory with the decisive 6-3.
Bertolucci’s judgment on Matteo
He tries to give an explanation for Berrettini’s decidedly unexpected defeat Paolo Bertolucci who identifies the cause of his knockout against Giron in the many problems that have afflicted the Roman this season: “The few matches played by Berrettini in the last year had a clear impact on today’s defeat. Training is one thing, playing matches is another”.
No double for Sinner
Jannik Sinner failed to give an encore. L’blue, after beating Marozsan in the third settook to the court once again in doubles together with his friend Hubert Hurkacz against Reboul and Doumbia: after losing the first set in the tiebreak, the two prevailed in the second set with a score of 6-4. As per the rules, the last set is a super tiebreak at 10 points, the four players on the court battle but the French pair prevail.
Vavassori and Bolelli in the semifinals in Halle
The race of the double blue formed by does not stop Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli who qualified for the semi-finals in Halle after beating the French duo in the second round Arthur Fils and Uzbek Aleksander Bublik with the score 6-4, 6-3. The two Italians, who will be part of the Olympic expedition to Paris 2024 in doubles, last year reached the final of the German tournament, losing only in third place against Melo and Peres. Tomorrow the semi-final match against German couple formed by Hanfmann and Koepfer.
