Matteo Berrettini stuns Lorenzo Sonego 6-3 7-6(5) in the quarter in Marrakech on Friday in what was an all-Italian match. Berrettini will play against Mariano Navone in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2018. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Berrettini added to his prize money € 12,710 after winning this match. He has already won € 30,220 up to now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Berrettini will add € 21,180 to his earnings to get in total € 51,400.
Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Lorenzo Sonego Grand Prix Hassan II – Marrakech
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Matteo scored 72 points vs. Sonego’s 60.
Berrettini
Berrettini served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (46/55) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 46% points (6/13) on his second serve. Berrettini won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Sonego
On the other side, Sonego wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Berrettini and Sonego is 5-1 for Matteo.
Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Berrettini vs. Mariano Navone – stats
Berrettini will face Navone in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Matteo Berrettini and Mariano Navone since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Berrettini had a favorable start in this set after breaking Lorenzo Sonego in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for Berrettini to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Berrettini was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd
game (1-0 30-40). On the other side, Matteo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They contested 48 points. Berrettini was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Lorenzo (26-22). Matteo was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Sonego conceded 6 points on serve (18-6).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Berrettini won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Berrettini won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Lorenzo won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 7th (3-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Matteo was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (2-2 30-40). Matteo saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Sonego wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 40-A).
They played 84 points. Matteo was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Sonego (46-38). Matteo surrendered 12 points on serve (33-12). on the other side of the court, Lorenzo conceded 13 points on serve (26-13).
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- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 7-65) – Stats and score progression
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