Matteo Berrettini defeats Stefano Travaglia 7-65 7-61 in the 3rd round in Rome on Friday in what was an all-Italian affair. Berrettini will have to play Casper Ruud in the quarter.
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Berrettini had a great start in this set after breaking Travaglia in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more work to do for Berrettini to win the set as Stefano managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Berrettini maintained his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
Matteo missed the opportunity to break Stefano in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
Berrettini won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (5-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Travaglia won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4) and 11th (5-6) point.
Matteo won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Matteo converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Stefano converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Berrettini won just 2 points more than Travaglia (41-39). Matteo dropped 11 points on serve (25-11). on the other side of the court, Stefano conceded 16 points on serve (28-16).
Matteo won the set after he broke Stefano in the 8th (5-3) game. Stefano tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nevertheless, Berrettini maintained the focus to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 1.
Berrettini failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.
Tiebreak
Matteo won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-c
Matteo converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Stefano was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 15-40).
They played 72 points. Matteo was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Stefano (38-34). Berrettini dropped 10 points on serve (24-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Travaglia conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).
Matteo will add to his prize money € 14,000 after managing to win this match. He has won already € 75,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Berrettini will add € 25,000 to his earnings to get in total € 100,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
At the end of the match, Matteo scored 80 points vs. Travaglia’s 72.
Berrettini won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Stefano was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Berrettini and Travaglia is 1-3 for Stefano.
Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Stefano Travaglia Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Berrettini vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Berrettini will compete against Ruud in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Matteo Berrettini and Casper Ruud face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Berrettini and Ruud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Berrettini won 6-4 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in Us open back in September 2020.
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- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
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- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (3-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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