Matteo Berrettini defeats Taro Daniel 6-1 6-7(5) 6-0 in the semifinal in Belgrade on Saturday. Berrettini will try to keep the momentum against Aslan Karatsev in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 7 minutes.
Berrettini added to his prize money € 24,175 after conquering this match. He has won already € 58,885 after this win. If he wins the next match, Berrettini will add € 41,340 to his earnings to get in total € 100,225 in total.
Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Taro Daniel Serbia Open – Belgrade
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:07
At the end of the match, Berrettini scored 102 points vs. the Japanese’s 68.
Berrettini
Matteo served very well to win 79% of the points (41/52) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (15/25) on his second serve. Berrettini struck 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Berrettini won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Daniel
On the other side, Taro was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Berrettini and Daniel is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Berrettini vs. Aslan Karatsev – stats
Berrettini will fight against Karatsev in the final.
There is no head to head record between Matteo Berrettini and Aslan Karatsev since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Berrettini had a great start in this set after breaking Karatsev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Berrettini improved his lead after breaking the Japanese in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
They played 48 points. Berrettini was the winner of the set after clinching 16 points more than Daniel (32-16). Matteo conceded 6 points on serve (18-6). On the losing side, Taro conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).
Berrettini commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Karatsev in the 1st game (1-0). the Italian to win the set (7-6) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Tiebreak
Taro won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 9th (5-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Berrettini won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3) and 11th (5-6) point.
Daniel won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Taro didn’t manage to offer a meaningful resistance and Berrettini won the set 6-0.
They played 31 points. The Italian was the one to win the set after conquering 21 points more than the Japanese (26-5). Berrettini was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). In addition, on the other side, Taro conceded 14 points on serve (3-14).
Tennis Scores in Belgrade
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (7-5 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 6-75 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – H2H details and stats
