Matteo Berrettini survives Aslan Karatsev 6-1 3-6 7-6(0) in the final in Belgrade on Sunday after winning a huge battle. The battle lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes.
Berrettini added € 41,340 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 100,225 in total after conquering this tournament.
Berrettini was happy about the outcome of the contest. He commented:
“It was something that I really wanted to happen, because my dad came once in Munich when I lost the final. And my mom has never come for a final, So I was like, okay this is the right moment. And I think with a match like this it’s going to stick in our minds forever. It’s something special.”
Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Aslan Karatsev Serbia Open – Belgrade
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:27
At the end of the match, Matteo scored 101 points vs. Aslan’s 81.
Berrettini
Berrettini served extremely well to win 81% of the points (38/47) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (17/31) on his second serve. Berrettini won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Karatsev
On the other side, Aslan was effective at converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Berrettini and Karatsev is 1-0 for Matteo.
This was the 4th career title for the Italian. He won the previous titles in Stuttgart. (see list of the title). Karatsev 1st remains with 1 title after he conquered the tournament in Dubai 2021. (see list of the title)
Live score progression and stats
Berrettini was too good to drop just 1 game before breaking Karatsev 1 times and win the set 6-1.
Karatsev was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Italian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Matteo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Berrettini conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Karatsev (26-13). Matteo lost 5 points on serve (16-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Aslan conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).
had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Berrettini in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break defined the set and it was sufficient for the Russian to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Aslan converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Matteo was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 58 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the Italian (32-26). Karatsev dropped 11 points on serve (22-11). On the other side, Matteo conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
Berrettini won the set after he broke Karatsev in the 4th (3-1) game. Aslan tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Yet, the Italian didn’t make any concession anymore to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 0.
Tiebreak
Matteo won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 7th (7-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0
They contested 85 points. The Italian conquered the set after winning 15 more points than Karatsev (50-35). Matteo dropped 8 points on serve (24-8). In addition, on the other side, Aslan conceded 26 points on serve (27-26).
