Matteo Berrettini (Lapresse)
Australian Open, Berrettini beats Monfils. Now Nadal. Sinner vs Tsitsipas
Matteo Berrettini fly in semifinal toAustralian Open, the first round of the Grand Slam of the season, taking place on the hard courts of Melbourne Park. The 25-year-old from Rome, number 7 in the world and in seeding, defeats the 35-year-old Frenchman Gael Monfils, number 20 in the ATP ranking and 17 in the draw, with the score of 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2 after three hours and 49 minutes. Berrettini will face the 35-year-old Spaniard in the semifinal Rafael Nadal, number 5 in the world and sixth-seeded. Italy awaits the quarter-final of Jannik Sinnerwhich will address Stefanos Tsitsipas on the other side of the board (where the Russian number two in the world is located, Daniil Medvedev who will play against Félix Auger-Aliassime).
Australian Open, Nadal beats Shapovalov
Rafael Nadal has conquered the semifinal of the Australian Open men (prize money 54.2 million dollars) in progress on the concrete of Melbourne Park in the Australian metropolis. The Spanish champion, seeded number 6, won in the quarterfinals, with a score of 6-3 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3, on the Canadian Denis Shapovalov, 14th strength of the board. “I am completely destroyed. Very hard day, very hot. I was not trained for that,” explained Nadal. “I was a bit lucky at the start of the fifth. At the start of the game I was playing great but I know how difficult it is to play against a player like Denis. For me it’s great to be in the semifinals.”
Australian Open, Shapovalov: Nadal has favor as referees
At the start of the second match with Nadal, Shapovalov asked the referee Bernardes to inflict a time violation on his opponent. The chair judge replied not to reveal the details, Shapovalov shouted: “You are all corrupt.” At the press conference he then corrected the game: “I think I was wrong when I said he is corrupt or whatever I said. It was definitely an emotional reaction. “But he attacked,” I think it’s unfair that Rafa has so many concessions ”. And again: “I looked at the referee and obviously I wanted to tell him something and I did it. I had been ready to play for a minute and a half and he told me that he wasn’t going to inflict a time violation on him because I wasn’t ready to play. To me, he’s a big joke to back this up. ” Shapovalov adds: “I respect everything that Rafa has done and I think he is an incredible player. But there must be limits, rules set. He is so frustrating as a player. You feel like you are not just playing against the opponent; you are playing. against the referees, you are playing against a lot more. “
Australian Open, Nadal replies to Shapovalov
Rafa Nadal he replied: “I know I took some extra time at the end of the first set because I had to change everything that was on the chair in the gearbox. It is obvious that you cannot play with those shirts in the condition I was in. After that, I respected all the rules “. Shapovalov he said Nadal enjoyed preferential treatment. Nadal replies: “I really think everyone always thinks that the best players get more advantages on the pitch and honestly on the pitch that’s not true. I never had the feeling that I have advantages on the pitch, I really believe that in this case he is wrong.”
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