Matteo Berrettini stuns Roman Safiullin 7-6(8) 5-7 7-5 in the 1st round in Stuttgart on Tuesday. Berrettini will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Denis Shapovalov in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 55 minutes. The Italian won this tournament twice in 2019 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Italian added to his prize money € 5,020 after winning this match. He has already won € 12,900 after this win. If he wins the next match, Berrettini will add € 9,315 to his earnings to get in total € 22,215 in total.
Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Roman Safiullin Boss Open – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
The Italian won this contest even if he won less points than Safiullin (116 vs. 124).
Berrettini
Berrettini blasted 27 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Berrettini won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 20% (1/5) of the procured opportunities.
Safiullin
On the other side, the Russian was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Berrettini and Safiullin is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Berrettini vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Berrettini will face Shapovalov in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Matteo Berrettini and Denis Shapovalov play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
Live score progression and stats
Berrettini won the set after he broke the Russian .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Moreover, on the other side, Matteo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 86 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Italian won just 2 points more than Roman (44-42). Berrettini conceded 17 points on serve (37-17). on the other side of the court, Roman conceded 7 points on serve (25-7).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Russian conquered in the 11th game (6-5) prior to finally conquering the set (7-5).
Matteo was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.
The Russian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-2 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Berrettini wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They played 68 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Matteo (38-30). Safiullin surrendered 6 points on serve (25-6). on the other side of the net, Matteo conceded 13 points on serve (24-13).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Berrettini conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Berrettini was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Roman was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 86 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Italian won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Roman (41-45). The Italian dropped 20 points on serve (30-20). Regarding the other side of the net, Roman conceded 11 points on serve (25-11).
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Flavio CobolliCobolli (7-67 6-3)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-68 5-7 7-5)
- Marcos GironGiron – Andy MurrayMurray (6-3 6-4)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Matteo MartineauMartineau (7-65 7-5)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-69 7-69)
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 7-62)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 7-5)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-64 6-4)
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (4-6 7-65 7-66)
- Jack DraperDraper – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-64 7-65)
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-73 6-1 6-4)
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Henri SquireSquire (6-3 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- James DuckworthDuckworth – (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marcos GironGiron – Jack DraperDraper (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-1) – H2H details and stats