The company did not succeed, but on the grass pitches in London the truth was seen again Matthew Berrettini: the 27-year-old Roman’s Wimbledon adventure ends with the defeat against the number one in the world, Carlos alcaraz. A great performance was not enough to overcome the Spaniard, who won with a score of 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in 2 hours and 53 minutes of play and awaits the Dane in the next round Holger Rune for a place in the semifinals. However, Berrettini had the merit of putting Alcaraz in difficulty like no other so far in this tournament: after winning the first set, however, he suffered the physical exuberance of the young Spanish champion, who raised his performance level to the maximum being able to command the match.
This may already be a reason to pride for the Roman, who until a few days before the start of Wimbledon seemed not even to have to leave for London. Instead, after more than two months of injury and black out total, on his grass he suddenly found the fitness e mental. He overtook Lorenzo Sonego and then two seeds as Alex De Minaur e Alexander Zverev. The German, after the defeat, had even foreseen a Berrettini again in the final, as in 2021. A risky omen, because the blue is still not the same as it was two years ago. It’s normal to be like this, after so many injuries and difficulties. In the meantime, however, he is a rediscovered player, in spite of those who had already given him up for dead.
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In the challenge that is worth a place among the ‘last 8’, Berrettini is immediately forced to row against the current: first game and 2 break points for Alcaraz. The Roman manages to recover from 15-40 and avoid trouble. After the ‘sparkling’ start, the subsequent rounds of service slipped away without any other jolts (3-3), with the Spaniard who concedes less than the blue to serve. Berrettini returns to risk in seventh game: another break point, which the blue cancels (4-3) before break the balance. Berrettini is aggressive in the eighth game, with a smash he gets 2 break points: the first goes away with a gratuitous error, the second is worth 5-3. The Italian can serve for the set and the second chance is exploited: 6-3 in 43′.
Alcaraz accuses the blow, he also risks giving up his service at the start of the second half but he ‘dribbles’ a break point and saves himself (1-0) while the level of the game becomes very high (1-2). The world number 1 picks up the pace and breaks into the quarto game with a break to zero (3-1), maintaining the advantage (5-2) and closing the set in which he commits 6-3 only 3 free mistakes2 of which in the last game.
Berrettini clings to serve in the third game of third set but eventually he has to raise White flag. The blue comes back from the abyss (0-40), also overcomes the fourth and fifth break points unscathed, but at the sixth opportunity Alcaraz breaks through (1-2). The world number 1 plays a tennis sublime and Berrettini tries to stay hooked on the match (2-3) but never creates the conditions to fill the gap and, in the end, collects the second break which closes the fraction (3-6). THE numbers can help understand Alcaraz’s level of play: Berrettini in the third set places the80% of first ballsbut the Iberian manages to create himself 10 palle break and to make almost one out of two points (44%) when answering.
Those who serve have no problems starting the fourth set (3-3), with Alcaraz not paying duty despite a tendency to double failed. The Spaniard concedes nothing and alla first chance it strikes. Break and stretch on 5-3. Berrettini tries not to give up, cancels 3 match point but then he has to give up when Alcaraz converts the fourth: the Spaniard wins.