Turin, November 14, 2021 – It’s the usual injury abdominals to cut the legs a Matteo Berrettini in the race against Alexander Zverev, who had won the first set with a hard-fought 7(9)-6(7): already at the end of this fraction the regrets of the Roman, which he had canceled 4 palle break and had 2 set point, they were quite tall. Then the flare-up of a muscle trouble not unprecedented handed the victory to the German, who had in any case secured the first game of the second set of a match that had long made him dream of PalaAlpitour under the ATP Finals Torino 2021, a tournament which thus ends in Berrettini, which will now be replaced by Jannik Sinner with the (very remote) hope of returning in time for the Davis Cup. In the other match of the day, scheduled for the afternoon, Daniil Medvedev had beaten for 2-1 (6-7; 6-3; 6-4) Hubert Hurkacz: for the Russian not a few difficulties in particular in the first set.
cousin set
You already need the advantages to decide the first game, which goes to Berrettini after a long response of Zverev, who then immediately impacts taking his turn on duty and also finding 2 ace. The German is unable to recover: once again the advantages are fatal and also the ribbon, which runs to the aid of the blue. Zverev immediately replies by taking on the 2-2 not without regrets on the part of Berrettini, whose final passing backhand comes out by a whisker. In the following game the Roman redeems himself with a first to come out that detonates the PalaAlpitour. Zverev makes the most of his turn to serve before falling back in the next game, when Berrettini manages to cancel yet another break point thanks to the advantages. The German returns dominant on the serve, as testified by the 7 ace on the scoresheet: at the same time the blue is almost a sentence with the forehand, moving on 5-4 and and thus forcing his opponent to serve to stay in the set. The mission succeeds Zverev, however, forced to yield again in the following game, still devastated by his rival’s forehand: the German cancels 2 set point and brings the fraction to the tie-break, where he manages to win it on the third useful attempt.
Second set
Zverev starts immediately strong thanks to a great volley on a passerby of Berrettini, who struggles in the following game before collapsing due to abdominal trouble: the blue tries to return after the medical time out but must immediately raise the white flag, delivering the victory to the German in tears.
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