Matteo Berrettini gets the better of Murray in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

    U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Berrettini hustles Murray to come up against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 4th round

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    Prediction and head to head Matteo Berrettini vs. Andy Murray

    Matteo Berrettini prevails over Andy Murray 6-4 6-4 6-7(1) 6-3 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. Berrettini will try to keep the momentum against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 4th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 47 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Berrettini
    New York
    Berrettini's Record

    The Italian added to his prize money $ 90,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 278,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Berrettini will add $ 167,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 445,000 in total.

    Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Andy Murray U.S. Open – New York

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    Berrettini’s Interview

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Berrettini
    Murray
    Matteo Berrettini
    6-4 6-4 6-71
    6-3
    3h:47
    Andy Murray
    135
    135
    Total points
    118
    118
    67
    67
    Winners
    44
    44
    50%
    50%
    Ratio Winners
    37%
    37%
    51
    51
    Unforced
    43
    43
    54%
    54%
    Ratio Unforced
    46%
    46%
    31/48
    31/48
    Net Approaches
    20/37
    20/37
    65%
    65%
    Perc
    54%
    54%
    -- Serve --
    18
    18
    Aces
    4
    4
    1
    1
    Double Faults
    5
    5
    69%
    69%
    1st in
    53%
    53%
    74%
    74%
    1st won
    68%
    68%
    67/90
    67/90
    1st won
    44/65
    44/65
    51%
    51%
    2nd won
    54%
    54%
    21/41
    21/41
    2nd won
    31/57
    31/57
    218
    218
    Fastest serve
    204
    204
    196
    196
    AVG 1st Serve
    178
    178
    157
    157
    AVG 2nd Serve
    137
    137
    -- Break Points --
    5/15
    5/15
    Total
    2/4
    2/4
    33%
    33%
    Won
    50%
    50%
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    At the end of the match, Berrettini scored 135 points vs. Murray’s 118.

    Berrettini

    Matteo fired 18 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Matteo won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.

    Murray

    On the other side, the Brit was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

    After this match, the head to head between Berrettini and Murray is 3-1 for Matteo.

    Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Berrettini vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats

    Berrettini will take on Davidovich Fokina in the 4th round.

    This will be the 2nd time that Matteo Berrettini and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Davidovich Fokina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

    Matteo Berrettini Draw info

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    The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Italian clinched in the 7th game (4-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).

    Berrettini converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Andy wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 40-A).

    They contested 62 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Italian won just 2 more points than the Brit (32-30). Berrettini lost 11 points on serve (25-11). on the other side of the net, Andy conceded 7 points on serve (19-7).

    Berrettini had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Andy Murray in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for the Italian to win the set because the Brit succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Matteo kept his cool to break Andy in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

    The Italian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Murray was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).

    They contested 53 points. Berrettini won 7 more points than Andy (30-23). Matteo dropped 8 points on serve (19-8). On the other side, the Brit conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).

    Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Murray had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-1.

    Tiebreak

    Murray won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point. On the other side, Berrettini won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1

    Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the Italian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

    They played 86 points. This set was so close that, The Brit won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Andy conceded 18 points on serve (31-18). On the losing side, Matteo conceded 12 points on serve (25-12).

    Berrettini had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Andy Murray in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Berrettini managed to stage a good comeback to break Murray in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

    Berrettini was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 0-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Andy converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A).

    They contested 51 points. Matteo was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Brit (30-21). The Italian dropped 12 points on serve (19-12). on the other side of the court, the Brit conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).

     

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