Tennys Sandgren stuns Matteo Berrettini 7-67 6-4 4-6 2-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Sandgren will square off with Sam Querrey in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Sandgren won the tiebreak at 7.
2nd set.
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Sandgren conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).
3rd set.
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Italian conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
4th set.
Matteo in this set stepped up in great fashion to overplay the American and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The American was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).
5th set.
The 5th set random the deciding set was a sheer thriller.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Tennys conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before winning the set (7-5).
Statistics
The American won this match even if he conquered less points than the Italian (148 vs. 152).
Tennys served extremely well to win 80% of the points (84/105) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (23/41) on his second serve. The American fired 22 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Sandgren won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 40% (2/5). On the other side, Berrettini wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Sandgren and Berrettini is 1-0 for Tennys.
Highlights Tennys Sandgren vs. Matteo Berrettini Australian Open – Melbourne
Sandgren’s Interview
Next Match H2H: Tennys Sandgren vs. Sam Querrey – stats
Sandgren will come up against Querrey in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Tennys Sandgren and Sam Querrey fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Querrey (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Querrey won 6-4 6-77 7-63 7-65 in the 4th round in London back in 2019.
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