2023-07-08 22:53:31
The 38th Italian world player dismissed Alexander Zverev in three sets 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5) this Saturday. Here he is qualified for the knockout stages at Wimbledon.
Matteo Berrettini, 38th in the world and finalist in 2021, imposed his power on Alexander Zverev (21st) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5), Saturday in the third round of Wimbledon and will face the world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz in the round of 16. Last year, the Italian had given up the Major on grass the day of his entry into the running due to a positive test for covid.
On Saturday, the 27-year-old colossus landed 15 aces (including one on match point) and 36 winners on the 2020 US Open finalist, showing that he should be counted on again in the 2023 edition. at Wimbledon, even if his latest results are not up to the 6th world rank he occupied in January 2022. Especially since grass is his favorite surface: he has won four of his seven titles there in addition to reaching his only Grand Slam final there to date.
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In March 2022, he had wrist surgery and had already missed the clay court season. This year he was knocked out in the first round of the Australian Open by a raging Andy Murray, then he dropped out in the quarter-finals in Acapulco and was beaten as soon as he entered the competition in Indian Wells.
After playing a Challenger tournament in Phoenix, where he was beaten in the quarterfinals, he then gave in again to Miami. In Monte-Carlo in April, he won his first Masters 1000 match in a year and made it through to the second round, but with an abdominal injury he forfeited before his quarter-final against Holger Rune and then forfeited. clay court season. Berrettini resumed competition in June on the grass of Stuttgart but was beaten from the start by his compatriot Lorenzo Sonego.
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