Matteo Berrettini beats Andrey Rublev 7-5 7-64 in the quarter in Vienna on Friday. Berrettini is going to play against Dominic Thiem in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Matteo conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before winning the set (7-5).
2nd set.
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Berrettini won the breaker at 4.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Berrettini scored 83 points vs. Rublev’s 73 points.
Matteo served extremely well to win 81% of the points (42/52) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (14/24) on his second serve. The Italian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points because he converted only 25% (1/4). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Berrettini and Rublev is 3-1 for Matteo.
Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Andrey Rublev Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Next Match: Matteo Berrettini vs. Dominic Thiem – stats
Berrettini will play Thiem in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Matteo Berrettini and Dominic Thiem clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Berrettini and Thiem (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Berrettini won 7-68 6-4 in the quarter in Shanghai back in October 2019.
Tennis Scores in Vienna
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Aljaz BedeneBedene (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (5-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (2-1) – See H2H details
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-1) – See H2H details