Matteo Berrettini wins the Italian derby valid for the quarter-finals of the “Boss Open”, the ATP 250 tennis tournament which has a prize pool of 692,235 euros and is held on the grass fields of Stuttgart (Germany). The Roman qualified for the semifinals after beating the Piedmontese Lorenzo Sonego, with a score of 3-6 6-3 6-4.
«It is certainly not easy after three months of absence, I am very happy with this victory. Hard to play with a friend? We play in the best tournaments in the world, he is one of the few friends I have on the tour, we train together and it is not easy to play against him because we know each other. Congratulations to him on the great tournament. In some moments we played our best tennis ». So Matteo Berrettini after beating Lorenzo Sonego in the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart tournament. In the semifinal he will face the German Oscar Otte. “I’m sorry”, alluding to the fact that he will have to challenge and beat a home athlete.