Tallon Griekspoor outlasts Matteo Berrettini 6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Rotterdam on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Griekspoor will try to keep the momentum against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tallon added to his prize money € 16,390 after conquering this match. He has already won € 35,120 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tallon will add € 30,675 to his earnings to get in total € 65,795 in total.
Highlights Tallon Griekspoor vs. Matteo Berrettini ABN AMRO Open – Rotterdam
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Tallon won this match even if he conquered less points than the Italian (92 vs. 97).
Griekspoor
Griekspoor served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (51/61) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (26/42) on his second serve. Griekspoor was exceptional in converting the only break point that he conquered.
Berrettini
On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Griekspoor and Berrettini is 1-0 for Tallon.
Draw and next match H2H: Tallon Griekspoor vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Griekspoor will fight against Tsitsipas in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Tallon Griekspoor and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Dutch clinched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).
Tallon was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Tallon didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 48 points. Tallon conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Berrettini (27-21). Griekspoor was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 7 points on serve (18-7).
The Italian won the set after he broke Griekspoor .
Matteo wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 72 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Berrettini won just 2 points more than the Dutch (37-35). Matteo was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). On the losing side, Griekspoor conceded 17 points on serve (32-17).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Tallon won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Dutch won 2 minibreaks in the 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, Tallon didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 69 points. It’s worth to point out that, Tallon won this set even if he scored less points 7 than the Italian (31-38). Tallon surrendered 10 points on serve (26-10). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 5 points on serve (28-5).
Tennis Scores in Rotterdam
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- Arthur FilsFils – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-74 6-2 6-1)
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-73 6-4 ret.)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-72 7-64)
- Holger RuneRune – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-64 6-4)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 6-2)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-63 3-6 6-1)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-4)
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-3 6-2)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 6-4)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-4)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Harold MayotMayot (6-1 7-5)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-78 6-4 6-1)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-2)
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Mees RottgeringRottgering (6-3 6-2)
Upcoming matches
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- Andrey RublevRublev – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (1-0) – H2H details and stats