Matteo Berrettini beats Gael Monfils 6-4 6-4 3-6 3-6 6-2 in the quarter in Melbourne on Tuesday. Berrettini will have to play Rafael Nadal in the semifinal. The battle lasted 3 hours and 49 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. 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 $ 500,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 1,100,000 until now in this event. If he wins the next match, Matteo will add $ 1,100,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 2,200,000.
Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Gael Monfils Australian Open – Melbourne
Berrettini’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3-6 6-2
3h:49
At the end of the match, Matteo scored 156 points vs. the French player’s 150.
Berrettini
Berrettini fired 12 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Berrettini won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Monfils
On the other side, Monfils was not so effective in converting his break points (only 21% – 3/14). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Berrettini and Monfils is 3-0 for Matteo.
Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Berrettini vs. Rafael Nadal – stats
Berrettini will compete against Nadal in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Matteo Berrettini and Rafael Nadal square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Matteo grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Italian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 0-40). On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 55 points. Matteo was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the French player (32-23). The Italian lost 7 points on serve (22-7). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Berrettini grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) before finally winning the set (6-4).
The Italian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Monfils was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 81 points. Matteo conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Gael (43-38). Berrettini surrendered 16 points on serve (30-16). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
Similarly to the 2nd set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the French player snatched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Gael was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Italian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 59 points. The French player was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Matteo (35-24). Gael dropped 8 points on serve (24-8). In addition, on the other side, Berrettini conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
Gael won the set after he broke the Italian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
They played 69 points. Monfils was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Italian (38-31). The French player was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 22 points on serve (27-22).
Berrettini had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Gael Monfils in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Italian managed to boost his lead after breaking Monfils in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
One of the most important stints of the set was when Berrettini won 4 consecutive games in the 5th set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Berrettini converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40). On the other side, Matteo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. Matteo was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Monfils (27-16). Matteo was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Monfils conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
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