Matteo Berrettini dispatches Alex De Minaur 6-3 7-6(7) in the 4th round in Miami on Tuesday. Berrettini will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Taylor Fritz in the quarter. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Berrettini added to his prize money $ 85,850 after winning this match. He has already won $ 189,075 after this win. If he wins the next match, Berrettini will add $ 143,085 to his earnings to get in total $ 332,160 in total.
Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Alex De Minaur Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:00
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 77 points vs. Alex’s 73.
Berrettini
The Italian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
De Minaur
On the other side, De Minaur had some problems converting his break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Berrettini and De Minaur is 3-2 for Matteo.
Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Berrettini vs. Taylor Fritz – stats
Berrettini will come up against Fritz in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Matteo Berrettini and Taylor Fritz fight against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Fritz won 5-7 7-65 6-2 in the Rubber 2 in Davis Cup, Finals, Group F back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Berrettini had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Alex De Minaur in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was sufficient for Berrettini to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
The Italian converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Alex was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 61 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than the Australian (34-27). The Italian lost 8 points on serve (21-8). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).
Berrettini had a racing start in this set after breaking Alex De Minaur in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the Italian was not done to come back to break De Minaur in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 7.
The Italian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.
Tiebreak
The Italian won 4 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, De Minaur won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (5-2) and 14th (7-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Berrettini was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 15-40). The Italian saved 5 set points when he was 2-5, 3-5, 3-6, 4-6 and 5-6 down. On the other side, De Minaur converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 10th (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 89 points. It’s worth to point out that, Matteo won this set even if he scored less points 3 than the Australian (43-46). Matteo lost 25 points on serve (32-25). on the other side of the court, Alex conceded 11 points on serve (21-11).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 6-2)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Adam WaltonWalton (6-3 7-5)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-2 6-2)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 7-67)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Tomas MachacMachac (w/o)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 7-5)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 2-6 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (4-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H details and stats
