Matteo Berrettini is about to play the most important match of his young career at the US Open as he will face the great Rafael Nadal in the semifinal.
The Italian has surprised the tennis community with his fantastic run at the Flushing Meadows especially after he defeated an in-form Gael Monfils in the quarters. That was a passionate 5 setter that ended after 4 hours of pure tension.
Matteo will try upset the Spanish sensation to grab a historical final in New York. However, Berrettini is well aware that beating the King of Clay will be an enormous task also on hard courts.
During his last press conference, he commented:
“I think he’s the greatest fighter ever in this sport. It’s unbelievable [what] he’s doing. I admire him, like, the way he’s on the court, you know. Like his attitude is something that I think it’s close to perfection. He’s always, like, 5-0, 40-Love down, he’s always there. It’s something that’s not that easy to do. So bravo.”
Berrettini’s live rankings
Matteo is actually ranked no.24. However, after reaching the semifinal in New York, the Italian is no.13 in the live rankings, and no.9 in the YTD live rankings. That means that he has a strong chance to qualify for the ATP finals in London especially if he beats Rafa.
Berrettini at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2019
Ranked no.25, the Italian has a 38-15 win-loss record in 2019. The Italian is at the U.S. Open where he defeated Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-3 2-6 6-2, Jordan Thompson 7-5 7-65 4-6 6-1, Alexei Popyrin 6-4 6-4 6-73 7-62, Andrey Rublev 6-1 6-4 7-66 and Gael Monfils 3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 7-65.
The Italian will face Nadal in the semifinal. They have never played each so far on the main tour.
Berrettini conquered 3 titles in 2019 in the Phoenix Challenger, in Budapest and in Stuttgart. Berrettini was the finalist in Munich.
Nadal at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2019
Ranked no.2, Rafael has a 45-6 win-loss record in 2019. Rafael is at the U.S. Open where he toppled John Millman 6-3 6-2 6-2, Thanasi Kokkinakis w/o, Hyeon Chung 6-3 6-4 6-2, Marin Cilic 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-2 and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-4 7-5 6-2.
Rafael will face Berrettini in the semifinal. They have never played each so far on the main tour.
Rafael has won 3 titles in 2019 in Rome, at the French Open and in Montreal. Nadal was the finalist at the Australian Open.
The Spaniard won 83 titles in his career: 19 on hard courts, 59 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 4 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
