![]() ![]() “But at the end, I was still on the court trying to find ways, trying to fight and trying to see how I could make him miss a few more balls and to put myself in a competing position and I did that well… To come back and play that way in the tie-break and the third set, that means a lot to me going forward.” “ That game he broke me in the second, returning on the baseline for three returns in a row, you can’t do much better, so I had to give it to him. For a set and a half, it was just too good,” quoted Auger-Aliassime as saying during his on-court interview. ![]() He was playing so fast, so precise, serving well. I didn’t have a great start, I was missing a lot. The Canadian served 14 aces and hit 29 winners in a match where he had to fight back from losing the first set on his way to sealing a spot in the final eight of the tournament. Now I have to do a great job with my physio to get back on back on court in two days”, said Berrettini. I am really glad I could win the third set. I was two sets up, I was playing good, I was feeling the momentum, then all of a sudden I felt this. It could be some muscle that wasn’t working properly, but I was really feeling it when I was serving and obviously my mindset went a little bit away, because I was thinking about it. I felt here under my rib something that pulled, but the physio said that nothing was pulled. The Italian player lost to his next opponent Stefanos Tsitsipas in their only only previous head-to-head ATP Tour match in the Australian Open first round in 2019. Berrettini sealed the win, as Khachanov hit his 38th unforced error of the match.īerrettini hit 46 winners (including 17 aces) and won 84 % of his first serve points. Khachanov fended it off with a volley.īerrettini went down 1-4 in the tie-break, but he clawed his way back to 5-5 and earned a match point, as Khachanov netted a forehand. Berrettini looked uncomfortable, but he earned a break point in the 11th game. Berrettini hit a forehand and took a medical time-out to receive treatment for an abdominal injury during the changeover at 5-4. Khachanov brought up his first two chances of the third set on Berrettini’s serve in the sixth game, but he was not to convert them, as he passing shot hit the net cord and sailed wide. Berrettini earned his second mini-break to take a 6-4 lead and sealed the tie-break on his second set point with his 13th ace.īerrettini earned two break points in the first game of the third set, but Khachanov dug deep and saved them to hold his serve. Berrettini earned his first mini-break after a volley error from Khachanov, but the Russian player broke straight back. Both players held on their serve with no break points en route to the second tie-break. ![]() The Italian player held another service game at deuce in the seventh game. Berrettini went down 0-30 on serve in the fifth game, but he was able to hold his serve at deuce. Neither player faced a break point in the second set. Berrettini earned three mini-breaks to race out to a 4-0 lead and never looked back to cruise through to a 7-1 win in the 52-minute tie-break. The next serves went on serve en route to the tie-break. Khachanov earned his second break in the fourth game to open up a 3-1 lead, but his advantage did not last long, as Berrettini got back to serve in the fifth game to draw level to 3-3. Khachanov broke straight back in the second game and consolidated the break by holding serve in the third game to take a 2-1 lead. Berrettini earned the first break at love in the opening game. The match started with four breaks in the first five games. The Russian player got through to his only Grand Slam quarter final at Roland Garros in 2019. Khachanov was aiming to reach a maiden fourth round in Melbourne. Khachanov reached the semifinals at the Great Ocean in Melbourne last week, but he lost to eventual champion Jannik Sinner in a final-set tie-break.īerrettini reached the US Open semifinal in 2019, but he had never made it through to the second week at the Australian Open. Berrettini reached the quarter final in Antalya and won all his singles matches against Dominic Thiem, Gael Monfils and Roberto Bautista Agut to guide Italy to the ATP Cup final against Russia. The Rome-native player entered today’s match against Khachanov with a 3-0 lead in their previous three head-to-head matches.īoth players showed good form in the build-up to the Australian Open. Berrettini set up a Round of 16 match against Stefanos Tsitsipas, who cruised past Swede Mikael Yimer 6-4 6-1 6-1.īerrettini becomes the sixth Italian player in the Open Era to reach the Round of 16 in Melbourne. ![]()
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