Berrettini at Queen’s: winning debut with Evans

The first step towards defending the title at the Queen’s tournament has been made for Matteo Berrettini who, fresh from the success in Stuttgart, brings his streak of consecutive victories to five after returning to competitions. Defeated at the debut the home player Daniel Evans with a score of 6-3 6-3, matured in an hour and 36 minutes of play. In the next round for the Roman Top 10 there will be Denis Kudla, who in the third match staged on Field 1, won over Lorenzo Sonego from Turin.

Impregnable

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From the very beginning the match offers a varied tennis, made up of rapid net descents on one side and treacherous backs and changes of pace on the other. In the wake of Stuttgart, Matteo “The Hammer” Berrettini confirms himself as an impregnable fortress in the service and during the first three rounds he leaves just two points to his opponent, also scoring four aces. In the eighth game, the first two break points of the match are presented, with Evans too generous to serve. Once the first occasion has disappeared, it is a double foul by the home player that gives the Roman the opportunity to serve for the partial. Once again Matteo calls, the serve responds (even canceling two balls of the counter-break), and turns to 6-3.

Friend service

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The n.31 in the world groans in the dark, which inaugurates the second half with two legal errors and as many double faults, suffering a partial of 4 consecutive games from 4-3 in the previous set. Meanwhile, Matteo’s serve continues to dictate the pace of the match, with 11 aces and 82% of points scored with the first. After the negative streak was interrupted and the score moved (2-1), the British saw in the eighth game a concrete chance to return to the surface, with four break points granted by the Italian. The N. 10 in the world, however, is once again good at getting out of trouble with the serve and overcoming the fears and difficulties encountered in the longest game of the match, he earns four match points in response, at 5-3. Berrettini reaches the second round of the Queen’s AGP 500 by signing the double break and a double 6-3.

According to Matthew

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“The last two games were very long but this is the beauty of tennis. You have to fight”, the hot analysis of the Roman tennis player. “We both won a tournament last week, we were both confident and today it showed on the I beat Murray on Sunday and today Evans? I promise I don’t have it with you Brits! (laughs). On the contrary, I’m very happy to be here. an important decision. I had some doubts on the surface to get back in but now the goal is to win here again. ”

Sonego eliminated

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There will be no Italian derby between Matteo Berrettini and Lorenzo Sonego in the next round of the Cinch Championships. The Turin player, who was defeated by Matteo in Stuttgart last week, surrendered this time in three sets to American Denis Kudla, with a score of 6-4 3-6 6-4, matured in two hours 16 minutes of game. In the second round, Thursday, for Berrettini and Kudla it will be the fifth match in their careers, with the balance of the previous ones in perfect balance (2-2). The last head-to-head was staged in 2019 on the Stuttgart grass, on the occasion of the quarter-finals. Berrettini won the match and event.