Roberto Carballes Baena shocks Matteo Berrettini 5-7 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 2nd round in Florence on Wednesday. Carballes Baena will fight against Mikael Ymer in the quarter. The epic lasted 3 hours and 19 minutes.
The Spaniard added to his prize money € 7,755 after conquering this match. He has won already € 18,495 after this win. If he wins the next match, Carballes Baena will add € 13,430 to his earnings to get in total € 31,925 in total.
Highlights Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Matteo Berrettini Firenze Open – Florence
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:19
Roberto won this encounter even if he won less points than the Italian (113 vs. 114).
Carballes Baena
Carballes Baena was great in converting all the break points (5/5).
Berrettini
On the other side, Matteo was struggling when converting his break points (only 36% – 5/14). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Carballes Baena and Berrettini is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Mikael Ymer – stats
Carballes Baena will come up against Ymer in the quarter.
This will be the 6th time that Roberto Carballes Baena and Mikael Ymer fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Carballes Baena won 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Cordenons Challenger back in 2017.
Live score progression and stats
Matteo won the set after he broke Carballes Baena in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Carballes Baena tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, Berrettini didn’t blink to conquer the set 7-5.
The Italian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (5-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Carballes Baena was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They contested 88 points. Berrettini won 8 points more than the Spaniard (48-40). The Italian dropped 11 points on serve (23-11). On the losing side, Roberto conceded 25 points on serve (29-25).
Carballes Baena overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Matteo Berrettini in the 1st game (1-0). However, Roberto managed to stage a great comeback to break Berrettini in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
Certainly, a key moment was when Carballes Baena won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-2 to 4-2.
Tiebreak
Carballes Baena won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 7th (3-4), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Matteo won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 4th (3-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Carballes Baena was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40). On the other side, Matteo converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 75 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Carballes Baena won just 1 point more than Matteo (38-37). Roberto lost 16 points on serve (23-16). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).
Carballes Baena clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 6th (2-4) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.
Berrettini couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-5 to 7-5.
Carballes Baena was perfect in converting all his break points in the 9th (3-5 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Matteo was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They contested 64 points. Roberto conquered the set after winning 6 more points than the Italian (35-29). Roberto dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
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