2024-07-04 16:10:48
Yannick Siner made his way to the third round of “Wimbledon” after a great match and a very difficult victory over Matteo Berettini – 7:6, 7:6, 2:6, 7:6.
The match went on until almost midnight London time, with the roof of Center Court closed, organizers were determined to play the match on Wednesday evening due to too many postponed matches for today.
One of them is that of Grigor Dimitrov with the Chinese Yunchen Shang.
World No.1 Siner won the incredible Italian battle with former Wimbledon finalist Berretini after coming through three tiebreaks. Yannick scored 32 straight game winners, but also committed too many unforced errors – 25.
And survived the bombardment from Matteo, who recorded 28 aces on his favorite floor.
The long-time Italian tennis flagship has been out of form after a series of injuries and absences from the court, entering the tournament as No. 59.
However, Berretini went to tiebreaks in three of the four sets, losing them due to subtle details and mistakes at crucial moments. But in general, the audience enjoyed one of the classics for such an early stage of the tournament, writes dir.bg.
The two are also great friends, they often played together in the Davis Cup for their country, and Matteo’s influence on the first steps of the next Italian star in tennis was great.
After three hours and 45 minutes, Siner raised his arms in victory to mark his passage to the third round, and also recorded another success against a compatriot. The world No. 1 has not lost to an Italian in the tour (14-0).
His next opponent will be Miomir Ketsmanovic from Serbia.