SHANGHAI. Superlative Berrettini too good for Struff in the 1st round

Matteo Berrettini brushes past Jan-Lennard Struff 6-2 6-1 in the 1^st round in Shanghai on Tuesday after playing a superlative match to clash against Christian Garin in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Berrettini conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Struff in the 1^st game (1-0). Matteo reinforced his lead after breaking Struff in the 5^th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

2^nd set.

Berrettini conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Struff in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Italian managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the German in the 3^rd (3-0) and in the 7^th (6-1) game before winning the set.

A crucial moment of the match was when Berrettini won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Italian scored 54 points vs. Jan-Lennard’s 32 points.

Matteo served extremely well to win 77% of the points (24/31) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (6/9) on his second serve. Matteo was effective when converting 83% of the break points that he conquered (5/6). On the other side, Jan-Lennard wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Berrettini and Struff is 2-0 for Matteo.

Next Match: Matteo Berrettini vs. Christian Garin – stats

Berrettini will take on Garin in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Matteo Berrettini and Christian Garin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Garin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Garin won 6-1 3-6 7-6¹ in the final in Munich back in May 2019.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Lucas PouillePouille – Zhe LiLi (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alexander BublikBublik (7-6⁵ 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• John MillmanMillman – Guido PellaPella (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Ze ZhangZhang (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Andy MurrayMurray – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Gilles SimonSimon (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-5 6-7¹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Radu AlbotAlbot (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (7-6² 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Joao SousaSousa – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (2-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – See H2H details
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Andy MurrayMurray (3-4) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (2-0) – See H2H details
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Roger FedererFederer (1-1) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (1-0) – See H2H details
• Joao SousaSousa – Vasek PospisilPospisil (4-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-5) – See H2H details
• Lucas PouillePouille – John IsnerIsner (0-0) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (3-1) – See H2H details
• Christian GarinGarin – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-0) – See H2H details