TENNIS SCORES. Steadfast Matteo Berrettini outlasts Monfils in the quarter in New York

Matteo Berrettini outlasts Gael Monfils 3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 7-6⁵ in the quarter in New York on Wednesday after winning a huge battle. Berrettini will engage against Rafael Nadal in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the French Player conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Monfils enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Berrettini in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Berrettini succeeded in coming back to break Monfils in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

Berrettini in this set was too strong for Gael and for that reason he won 6-2 after breaking the French Player in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

4^th set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the French Player conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

5^th set.

The 5^th set random the deciding set was a thriller.

Berrettini started the set in the best possible way after breaking Monfils in the 2^nd game (2-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Berrettini to win the set as Monfils succeeded in breaking back in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 9^th (4-5) game. The Italian maintained his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Matteo scored 165 points vs. Gael’s 159 points.

Berrettini fired 15 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Matteo won this match even if he was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points because he converted only 35% (6/17). On the other side, the French Player was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 33% of his break points (5/15). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Gael Monfils U.S. Open – New York

Berrettini’s Interview

Next Match: Matteo Berrettini vs. Rafael Nadal – stats

Berrettini will square off with Nadal in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Matteo Berrettini and Rafael Nadal since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores at the Us Open

• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Gael MonfilsMonfils (3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-4 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Roger FedererFederer (3-6 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (7-6⁶ 6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-1) – See H2H details
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Rafael NadalNadal (0-0) – See H2H details