Matteo Berrettini wins against Mackenzie Mcdonald 3-6 7-6(2) 6-3 in the semifinal in Naples on Saturday. Berrettini will fight against Lorenzo Musetti in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes.
The Italian added to his prize money € 22,375 after winning this match. He has won already € 54,300 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add € 38,790 to his earnings to get in total € 93,090 in total.
Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald Tennis Napoli Open – Naples
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:27
At the end of the match, Berrettini scored 96 points vs. Mcdonald’s 89.
Berrettini
Berrettini served very well to win 78% of the points (40/51) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 44% points (14/32) on his second serve. Matteo blasted 11 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Matteo won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Mcdonald
On the other side, the American was great in converting all his break points (4/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Berrettini and Mcdonald is 2-0 for Matteo.
Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Berrettini vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats
Berrettini will fight against Musetti in the final.
There is no head to head record between Matteo Berrettini and Lorenzo Musetti since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Berrettini commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Mackenzie Mcdonald in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the American to win the set as Matteo succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Mackenzie won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
The American was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Berrettini was spot on in converting all his break points in the 0th (0-1 30-40) and the 7th game (1-5 15-40).
They played 49 points. Mackenzie was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Berrettini (29-20). Mackenzie dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). On the other side, the Italian conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Berrettini won the set after he broke the American in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Mcdonald tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, Berrettini managed to stay calm and finish the job to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 2.
Matteo failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.
Tiebreak
Matteo won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1) and 9th (7-2) point.
Berrettini won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Berrettini converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).
They played 81 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Mcdonald (44-37). Berrettini lost 15 points on serve (27-15). On the other side, Mackenzie conceded 17 points on serve (22-17).
Berrettini won the set after he broke Mackenzie in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Mackenzie was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Matteo converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. Berrettini won 9 points more than the American (32-23). Berrettini was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, Mackenzie conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Tennis Scores in Naples
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (3-6 7-62 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – H2H details and stats
