Matteo Berrettini won his opening match in Monte Carlo after a long drought. The Italian sensation has been struggling with results this year, and he is hoping to bounce back during the clay court season. Matteo was all smiles after beating Maxime Cressy in his opening match in Monte Carlo. Matteo had the luxury of having his new girlfriend, Melissa Satta, in the player’s box alongside his family. Here is the video.
150th career win 🔓
Matteo Berrettini takes care of Cressy 6-4 6-2 to reach R2 in Monte Carlo!#RolexMonteCarloMasters pic.twitter.com/ZSaFaUW1g0
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 10, 2023
Berrettini in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, ranking, and results in 2023
Now the world no.22, the Italian has a 8-7 match record in 2023. Matteo is now competing in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters where he overcame the world no.40 Maxime Cressy 6-4 6-2.
Matteo Berrettini will compete against the world no.33 Francisco Cerundolo in the 2nd round. In the past, they have never played each other until now in top tournaments.
The Italian reached the final in Australia (United Cup).
Matteo won 7 titles in his career: 3 on clay courts and 4 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) after Munich. The main draw will start on the 17th of April.
Maxime Cressy in 2023
At the moment ranked no.40, Maxime played his last match on the 10th of April when he surrendered to world no.22 Matteo Berrettini 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters (draw).
At the moment, during this season the American has a compiled 7-10 record. Maxime Cressy’s most significant result of the current season was reaching the final in Montpellier.
He is also scheduled to play in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) after Munich. The main draw will start on the 17th of April.
Matteo Berrettini and Maxime Cressy clashed against each other just on 1 occasion. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Berrettini. When they played, Matteo Berrettini won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Monte-Carlo (Monte) on the 10th of April 2023.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.