SHANGHAI. Matteo Berrettini gets by Thiem in the quarter of the Shanghai Rolex Masters

SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS - SHANGHAI. Berrettini dispatches Thiem to take on Alexander Zverev in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Berrettini vs. Dominic Thiem

Matteo Berrettini aces Dominic Thiem 7-68 6-4 in the quarter in Shanghai on Friday. Berrettini will clash against Alexander Zverev in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Matteo won the tiebreak at 8.

2nd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Italian conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

Berrettini won this match even if he scored the same amount of points of Dominic (68 vs. 68).

The Italian served extremely well to win 83% of the points (40/48) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (15/26) on his second serve. Berrettini won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (1/3). On the other side, Dominic wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Berrettini and Thiem is 1-1.

Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Dominic Thiem Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Next Match: Matteo Berrettini vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Berrettini will face Zverev in the semifinal.

This will be the 3rd time that Matteo Berrettini and Alexander Zverev fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Berrettini and Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Berrettini won 7-5 7-5 in the 2nd round in Rome back in May 2019.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

Upcoming matches

  • Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-4) – See H2H details
  • Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-1) – See H2H details