Matteo Berrettini topples Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Tokyo on Wednesday. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes.
The Italian added to his prize money $ 12,410 after winning this match. He has already won $ 26,595 after this win. If he wins the next match, Berrettini will add $ 23,225 to his earnings to get in total $ 49,820 in total.
Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp Japan Open Tennis Championships – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:30
At the end of the match, Berrettini scored 67 points vs. the Dutch’s 56.
Berrettini
Berrettini was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).
Van De Zandschulp
On the other side, Van De Zandschulp was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Berrettini and Van De Zandschulp is 4-0 for Matteo.
Live score progression and stats
Berrettini was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Matteo was not done to come back to break Van De Zandschulp 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-3).
Berrettini failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Matteo won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Italian converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-1 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Dutch was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They played 69 points. The Italian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Van De Zandschulp (39-30). Matteo conceded 12 points on serve (15-12). on the other side of the net, Botic conceded 24 points on serve (18-24).
Berrettini conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd game (2-0). The Dutch reinforced his lead after breaking Berrettini before winning the set (6-4).
Berrettini was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Botic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (3-4 40-A).
They contested 54 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Italian won just 2 points more than the Dutch (28-26). The Italian dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). On the losing side, Botic conceded 6 points on serve (17-6).
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