Berrettini beats Moreno de Alboran: he is in the semifinals in Kitzbuhel

Second consecutive semifinal, eight consecutive victories, sixteen sets won in a row, ninth consecutive tie-break won. In short, the last two weeks of Matthew Berrettini. A fantastic return for the Roman tennis player, who aspired and dreamed of living days like this: of victories and health. He beat in Austria, at Atp 250 tornado in Kitzbuhelthe American Nicola Moreno de Alboran 7-6, 6-3 and on Friday he will face the German Yannick Hanfmann for a place in the final.

Virtual Berrettini No. 46 in the world

Now Berrettini is virtually number 46 in the rankings, so the comeback in the rankings continues. There are many regrets for his Olympic absence. But, unfortunately, he was unable to climb the rankings in time for the Olympic cut-off. “I am really happy with my performance today, I had never played against him so I didn’t know what to expect. We played at a high level, he played and served very well, I had to dig deep to find the right energy. At a certain point, when I found myself down in the tie-break, I thought I would lose it. In the second set I think I played better. Is my favorite surface hard? Does the ATP website say so? No, it’s grass. However, yes, I also like playing a lot on clay at altitude, like here or in Madrid where I reached the final in 2021. Then there is also the support of the fans to consider, I missed this type of energy, of tension, which is the reason why I train and why I have made so many sacrifices. We Italians are lucky because wherever we go we find fans from our country, but I also feel the affection of people who are not Italian, so I thank you and I’ll wait for you tomorrow because I will need your support again”.

Sonego stops in Umag: Cerundolo in the semi-finals

Instead, the race for stops in the quarter-finals Lorenzo Sonego all’Atp from Umagon the Croatian red clay. The Italian, world number 54, was defeated in three sets by the Argentine Francisco Cerundolon. 37, with the score of 6-4 2-6 7-6 (7-2) in just over two and a half hours of play.