Matteo Berrettini hustles Christopher O Connell 7-6(9) 7-6(6) in the 1st round in Shanghai on Thursday. Berrettini is going to play against Holger Rune in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

Shanghai
Berrettini's Record

Berrettini added to his prize money $ 11,250 after winning this match. He has already won $ 34,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Berrettini will add $ 24,600 to his earnings to get in total $ 59,100 in total.

Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Christopher O Connell Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Berrettini
Connell
7-69 7-66
2h:13
86
86
Total points
83
83
40
40
Winners
35
35
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
5
5
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
63%
63%
1st in
60%
60%
75%
75%
1st won
69%
69%
40/53
40/53
1st won
35/51
35/51
61%
61%
2nd won
68%
68%
19/31
19/31
2nd won
23/34
23/34
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
Total
2/4
2/4
40%
40%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the Italian scored 86 points vs. Christopher’s 83.

Berrettini

Matteo served extremely well to win 75% of the points (40/53) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (19/31) on his second serve. Matteo blasted 11 aces without committing any double fault. Berrettini won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.

O Connell

On the other side, the Australian was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Berrettini and O Connell is 1-0 for Matteo.

Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune – stats

Berrettini will play Rune in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Matteo Berrettini and Holger Rune play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Rune (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Rune won 2-6 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in August 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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BerrettiniConnell
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B
0
0
C
0
0

The Italian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Berrettini broke back in the 6th (3-3) game to conquer the set 7-6.

The Italian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Australian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A).

They contested 92 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Italian won just 2 more points than Christopher (47-45). Matteo conceded 11 points on serve (24-11). On the other side, the Australian conceded 23 points on serve (34-23).

2nd Set -
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Berrettini had a great start in this set after breaking Christopher O Connell in the 2nd game (2-0). That was sufficient for Christopher to win the set (7-6) since there were no other breaks anymore.

Tiebreak

Berrettini won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, O Connell won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 6th (3-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Matteo wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). The Italian saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, O Connell converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40).

They played 77 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Italian won this set even if he scored less points 1 than O Connell (38-39). Berrettini conceded 12 points on serve (26-12). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 12 points on serve (27-12).

1st
Berrettini
Connell
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Berrettini
Connell
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0

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