Matteo Berrettini survives Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 6-2 7-6(3) 4-6 2-6 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Berrettini will fight against Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 4th round. The epic lasted 4 hours and 10 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Berrettini added to his prize money $ 120,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 300,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Matteo will add $ 300,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.
Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
The Italian won this match even if he conquered the same amount of points of the Spaniard (159 vs. 159).
Berrettini
The Italian served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (90/115) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 44% points (21/48) on his second serve. The Italian fired 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Matteo won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Alcaraz
On the other side, Alcaraz was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Berrettini and Alcaraz is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Berrettini vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta – stats
Berrettini will come up against Carreno-Busta in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Matteo Berrettini and Pablo Carreno-Busta since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Berrettini in this set played much better tennis than Carlos and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Alcaraz in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Spaniard couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The Italian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Carlos was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 40-A).
They played 56 points. Matteo conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Carlos (32-24). The Italian surrendered 11 points on serve (22-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Alcaraz conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
Berrettini didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Carlos Alcaraz Garfia in the 1st game (1-0). However, there was more work to do for the Italian to win the set because the Spaniard managed to break back in the 8th (4-4) game. The Italian kept his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 3.
Tiebreak
Berrettini won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 10th (7-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
The Italian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Carlos converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 69 points. The contest during this set was so even that Berrettini won just 1 point more than the Spaniard (35-34). Matteo lost 8 points on serve (26-8). On the other side, the Spaniard conceded 9 points on serve (26-9).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Spaniard clinched in the 9th game (5-4) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Carlos was on the money in converting all his break points in the 9th game (4-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Carlos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. Alcaraz was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Italian (28-23). The Spaniard surrendered 6 points on serve (20-6). on the other side of the court, Berrettini conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).
Alcaraz in this set was in much better shape than Berrettini and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Matteo in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Berrettini was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Carlos was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. Alcaraz was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Matteo (27-16). Alcaraz conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
The 5th set random the decider was a thriller.
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Matteo won a thrilling breaker 10-5 after a huge fight with 15 points played.
Tiebreak
Matteo won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 10th (6-4), 14th (9-5) and 15th (10-5) point. On the other side, the Spaniard won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5, 8-5, 9-5, 10-5
Berrettini was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Carlos wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 40-A).
They contested 99 points. Berrettini was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Carlos (52-47). Matteo surrendered 14 points on serve (34-14). on the other side of the net, Carlos conceded 18 points on serve (33-18).
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