The Italian wins in four sets with the American number 169 in the world. The Turin player also advances and defeats the German Otte. Among the women the march of Camila Giorgi continues
“Everything is fine today”. Matteo Berrettini he did not need Imodium to beat American Stefan Kozlov and earn the third round at the Australian Open. As happened in the first match against Nakashima, the blue lost a set, in this case the second. After an encouraging start, the three untapped break points in the fourth game were a bad omen for Matteo, who lost his serve (only time in the match) in the seventh game without being able to take advantage of six more break points in the last two rounds of service. from Kozlov, world number 169. The “hammer” Berrettini, however, was carried away by the service, returning to lead the match and finishing 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 with 21 aces, which guaranteed him the qualification for the third round, where the young Spanish phenomenon Carlos Alcaraz, born in 2003, will be waiting for him, against whom Berrettini has already lost in Vienna.
There are already three Italians in the round of 32 of the first Grand Slam of the season: before Berrettini he had done his duty well too Lorenzo SonegoGerman Oscar Otte, executioner of the Turin player at the US Open, was good at winning in four sets (6-2, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1). Sonego, for the first time in the third round in Melbourne is in the orphan side of Novak Djokovic, but now he will have to face another Serb, Miomir Kecmanovic, who had eliminated Salvatore Caruso in the first round.
On the women’s scoreboard, on the other hand, the march of Camila Giorgi continues, who defeated Czech Tereza Martincova 6-2 7-6. Now, however, for Giorgi, there is the challenge against the world number one Ashleigh Barty, who has conceded only two games to Lucia Bronzetti, who, however, closes his adventure at the Australian Open with an experience that he will hardly forget. Martina Trevisan is also out, defeated 6-0 6-3 by Paula Badosa.
Tomorrow, Thursday, there is only one Italian in the race, Jannik Sinner, scheduled in the evening session on the Margaret Court Arena: it will be played when in Italy it is morning (second match of the session at 9 Italian), to see the South Tyrolean against the American Steve Johnson will not need up early.
January 19, 2022 (change January 19, 2022 | 09:12)
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