The ATP Finals will begin in London on Sunday. Fans are looking forward to some exciting matches at the end of season tournament. There will be a couple of new faces in this year’s finals. One of them is Matteo Berrettini who took the final qualification spot at the tournament. The Italian player is excited to make his debut and is looking forward to playing the best players in the world.
Head to head Matteo Berrettini vs Federer
In terms of H2H, the result goes in favour of the Swiss with 1-0. The two played each other for the first time at this year’s Wimbledon. The Swiss won the match in straight sets. The meeting was a steep learning curve for the current world number eight. He has spoken about his experience of playing the 20-time Grand Slam champion. In a recent interview, he said, “Federer uses so many variations. He always plays a different game and they are all difficult to guess.” The Italian concluded that it was difficult to stop the former world number one because players don’t understand how to hurt him.
The world No. 8 has been speaking about his expectations for the tournament. The 23-year-old hopes to do well and test himself against some quality opposition. He has talked about some potential match-ups in the tournament. The Italian is in the same group as Roger Federer and will play his second match against the Swiss player in London.
Head to head Matteo Berrettini vs Nadal
At the US Open this year, Berrettini played his first match against Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard won the semifinal match and went on to win his 19th Grand Slam title. So the H2H is 1-0 for the Spaniard.
While they are not in the same group, Berrettini could face the current world number one if he makes past the group stage. He was impressed with Nadal’s game in their match in New York. The 23-year-old singled out the 33-year-old’s intensity and looks as the intimidating factors for opponents. He stated that players have to match his intensity and competitive spirit to stand a chance against the 19-time Grand Slam champion.
In addition to Federer, the world No.8 will also face Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem in the group stages in London. The Italian will play his opening match at the tournament against Djokovic. The match will be the first meeting between the two. The Austrian and Berrettini have faced each other three times with Thiem holding the advantage with two victories. His latest was at the Vienna Open where he defeated the Italian in the semifinals.
Matteo Berrettini’s ranking and performance in 2019
Ranked no.8 (career-high), Matteo played his last match on the 30th of October when he was defeated by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Paris.
This year the Italian has a 46-21 win-loss record. Matteo has won 3 titles in 2019 in the Phoenix Challenger, in Budapest and in Stuttgart. Matteo was the finalist in Munich.
Rafael Nadal’s ranking and performance in 2019
Currently the world no.1, the Spaniard played his last match on the 2nd of November when he was overcome by Denis Shapovalov w/o in the semifinal in Paris.
This year Nadal has a 50-6 win-loss record. Rafael has won 4 titles in 2019 in Rome, at the French Open, in Montreal and at the U.S. Open. Rafael was the finalist at the Australian Open.
Matteo Berrettini and Rafael Nadal played each other 1 time. The head to head is 1-0 for Nadal.
The last time that they played, Rafael Nadal won 7-66 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in New York on the 06th September 2019.
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