Matteo Berrettini, Denis Shapovalov, Casper Ruud and Borna Coric decided to go to Australia as soon as possible. While this year, the overall situation with the coronavirus is definitely more under control than it was in 2021, it seems that some players do not want to take any chance to go Down Under as early as they can.
According to reports, Denis Shapovalov and Borna Coric are already in Australia. Matteo Berrettini, Casper Road, and Simona Halep are believed to land in Australia on Monday. Then all sorts of charters will bring the other players.
The hotel
According to Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley, they are going to fly in Australia 3,300 people this year. Also, all players competing in Melbourne would stay at Crown accommodation.
Tiley revealed:
“We brought in only 1000 people in 2021 and we’re bringing in 3300 players and their staff. We have qualifying, juniors and wheelchair, so this has been more difficult.
But this is a Melbourne, a Victorian, an Australian effort. We want to bring Australia back in a big way and … hopefully, in January we can feel really proud, as Australians, on all being vaccinated.”
Matteo Berrettini in 2021
WWWLWWLWWL Currently the world no.7 (career-high), Berrettini played his last match on the 14th of November when he had to retire when playing against world no.3 Alexander Zverev in the round robin and the scoreline was 7-6(7) 1-0 .
Until now, during this year Matteo has managed to achieve a compiled 41-12 match record. Matteo clinched 2 titles in 2021 in Belgrade and in London. Berrettini was the runner-up in Madrid and in Wimbledon.
Denis Shapovalov in 2021
Currently ranked no.14, Denis played his last match on the 18th of December when he defeated world no.6 Rafael Nadal 6-7(4) 6-3 10-6.
Until now, during this year the Canadian has a compiled 30-23 match record. Denis Shapovalov’s most significant result of the present season was reaching the final in Geneva and Stockholm.
Matteo Berrettini and Denis Shapovalov clashed against each other only twice. Their current record is 2-0 for Shapovalov. Previously, the last time when they played, Denis Shapovalov won 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 7-6(5) in the Rubber 2 in Davis Cup, Finals, Group F (Davis Cup, Finals, Group F) in November 2019.
Casper Ruud in 2021
Currently ranked no.8 (career-high), the Norwegian played his last match on the 27th of November when he defeated world no.220 Sergiy Stakhovsky 4-6 6-3 7-6(4) in the Rubber 4 of the Davis Cup (draw).
Until now, during this year Ruud has a 57-17 record. The Norwegian clinched 5 titles in 2021 in Geneva, in Bastad, in Gstaad, in Kitzbuhel and in San Diego.
Borna Coric in 2021
WWWWWLWLWW Ranked no.73, the Croatian played his last match on the 6th of March when he surrendered to world no.40 Marton Fucsovics 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Rotterdam (draw).
Until now, during this year Borna has a 6-3 win-loss record. Borna Coric’s latest run in Rotterdam was the best achievement of his season.
Casper Ruud and Borna Coric played each other once. The head to head is 1-0 for Coric. When they played, Borna Coric won 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg Open) in September 2019.
Matteo Berrettini, Denis Shapovalov, Casper Ruud and Borna Coric |
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