Berrettini Continues Tour Renaissance with Kitzbuhel Victory
Former world No. 6 Matteo Berrettini continued his surge up the rankings with a primary spherical victory in Kitzbuhel, Austria on Tuesday.
Defeating Pavel Kotov 7-6(8), 7-6(5), Berrettini improved to 17-5 on the season and can subsequent face No. 2 Alejandro Tabilo for a spot within the quarterfinals.
Berrettini is presently as much as No. 49 within the newest rankings and can undoubtedly have the purpose of reaching a seeded place on the 2025 Australian Open.
The Italian star is joined within the second spherical by Lukas Neumayer, Roberto Carballes Baena, Facundo Diaz Acosta, Daniel Elahi Galan and Hugo Gaston.
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Tuesday’s motion on the Atlanta Open in Georgia featured Arthur Rinderknech and Aslan Karatsev advancing to the second spherical.
Rinderknech defeated J.J. Wolf 6-3, 6-2, and Karatsev dismissed Billy Harris 6-2, 6-2.
Nonetheless to return on Tuesday, Brandan Nakashima, Reilly Opelka and Borna Coric will all be in motion.
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Former Monte Carlo Masters champion Fabio Fognini superior to the second spherical in Umag, Croatia on Tuesday, defeating Luca Van Assche 6-4, 6-3.
Fognini, who’s within the twilight of his profession, is presently ranked No. 70 on the earth. Ranked as excessive of No. 9 on the ATP Tour, Fognini owns 9 profession titles and has amassed over 18 million in prize cash.
The Italian will subsequent face Chun-Hsin Tseng for a quarterfinal beginning.
Nonetheless to return on Tuesday, prime seed Andrey Rublev will search for some much-needed kind towards Camilo Ugo Carabelli and Luciano Darderi will face Bastad semifinalist Duje Ajdukovic.
Rublev is presently on a four-match shedding streak. The 26-year-old Russian does personal two titles on the season, profitable in Hong Kong, China to begin the 12 months after which capturing his second Masters 1000 title in Madrid, Spain throughout the clay-court season.
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