Matteo Berrettini, Fabio Fognini, and Jannik Sinner are the top Italians in the ATP rankings. None of them played last week but 2 other Italians impressed in Cagliari: Lorenzo Sonego and Lorenzo Musetti.
Sonego won the title in Sardinia after playing an incredible tournament, winning the last 3 matches in tough 3-setters. Musetti reached the quarters after upsetting the seed no.1 Daniel Evans after saving 4 match points. Eventually, he had to surrender to Laslo Djere in 3 sets.
Career-high
Lorenzo Sonego, Lorenzo Musetti, and Jannik Sinner have all achieved a career-high rank. Sinner gained 1 place to be the new world no.22 after Christian Garin lost some positions. Lorenzo Sonego went to six places up to be the new were number 28. Finally, Lorenzo Musetti gained 6 places to be the new world number 84.
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ATP Monte Carlo
Berrettini, Fognini, Sinner, Musetti, and Sonego are all going to play in Monte Carlo, hoping to have a deep run and further their rankings. Berrettini has a bye in the second round to face either Alejandro Davidovich Fokina or Alex De Minaur. Fognini will face Miomir Kecmanovic. Sonego will be opposed to Marton Fucsovic. Jannik Sinner will play against Albert Ramos Vinolas, and Lorenzo Musetti will clash against Aslan Karatsev.
Matteo Berrettini in 2021
Now ranked no.10, Matteo played his last match on the 13th of February when he overcame world no.23 Karen Khachanov 7-6(1) 7-6(5) 7-6(5) in the 3rd round of the Australian Open (draw).
At present, during this year Matteo has managed to achieve an overall 8-2 record.
Fabio Fognini in 2021
At the moment ranked no.18, Fabio played his last match on the 8th of April when he lost to world no.81 Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in Marbella (draw).
Currently, during this year Fognini owns an overall 7-7 win-loss record.
Matteo Berrettini and Fabio Fognini squared off just on 1 occasion. Their current record is 1-0 for Fognini. When they played, Fabio Fognini won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) in May 2017.
Jannik Sinner in 2021
Ranked no.22 (career-high), Jannik played his last match on the 4th of April when he lost to world no.16 Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(4) 6-4 in the final in Miami (draw).
Currently, during this season Sinner has a 14-5 record. This year, The Italian won 1 tournament in Melbourne. The Italian was the finalist in Miami.
Lorenzo Musetti in 2021
Now the world no.84 (career-high), Lorenzo played his last match on the 9th of April when he was defeated by world no.49 Laslo Djere 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the quarter in Cagliari (draw).
Until now, during this year the Italian has a 20-9 win-loss record. Lorenzo Musetti’s most significant performance of the current year was getting to the final in the Antalya Challenger and the Biella 2 Challenger.
