LONDON
Wimbledon grass is white, red and green. Matteo Berrettini got rid of the Belarusian Ivaska in three sets (6-4, 6-3, 6-1) and reached the quarter-finals of the most important tournament in the world: he is the fifth Italian to do so, the last to do so , in 1998, it was Davide Sanguinetti, who, however, stopped on the eve of the semifinals, a milestone reached, in the history of his majesty’s grass, only by Nicola Pietrangeli. The finish of the quarters was missed by a whisker two years ago by Berrettini who now dreams of reaching where no Italian has ever set foot. Only close to the finish line, however, for Lorenzo Sonego who bowed to King Roger Federer after three sets (7-5, 6-4, 6-2).
Berrettini, fresh winner on the grass, less noble in spite of the name, of the Queen’s club, which on the way to the important part of the scoreboard has given up just one set, will face the twenty-year-old Canadian, world number 21 Auger- tomorrow. Aliassime (who surprisingly beat the German Zverev, number 5 in the world: 6-4, 7-6, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4) to continue dreaming.
In manic monday of Wimbledon – the last in history since next year the tradition of Sunday rest in the middle of the tournament will be broken – also the number 1 Djokovic, who got rid of the Chilean Garin without difficulty, while two other of the first eight seeded: Rublev (defeated by the Hungarian Fucsovics, Djokovic’s next obstacle) and Bautista Agut who crashed in front of the Canadian Shapovalov who will now challenge the Russian Khachanov. –