MIAMI (UNITED STATES) (ITALPRESS) – Matteo Berrettini struggles but is stopped in the quarters of the “Miami Open,” the second Masters 1000 of the season, staged on the hard surface of Hard Rock Stadium, with a total prize pool of $11,255,535.
The Roman tennis player succumbed 7-5 6-7(7) 7-5, after two hours and 46 minutes of play, to host Taylor Fritz, third seeded favorite and world No. 4. The Italian plays well, cashes in without staggering and hurting, and the six match points saved in the second set are proof of that. On the other side of the net, however, he finds a Fritz who has the merit of getting back up after every missed opportunity.
The American, a finalist at the Us Open and the Atp Finals in 2024, thus celebrates his sixth career semifinal in a Masters 1000, his third in the U.S. He will face 19-year-old Jakub Mensik, while in the other semifinal they will face Novak Djokovic and Grigor Dimitrov.
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It will be Jessica Pegula who will take on world number one Aryna Sabalenka, victorious over Jasmine Paolini, in the final of the “Miami Open,” the fourth Wta 1000 of the season equipped with a prize pool of $8,963,700 that is being played on the concrete courts of the Hard Rock Stadium facility.
The 31-year-old from Buffalo, the fourth seed, puts an end to the fairy tale of Alexandra Eala, a 19-year-old Filipina who grew up in the Rafael Nadal Academy: 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3 after two hours and 26 minutes of play the final in favor of the American, in a match that saw her go down immediately (0-2) and ended past midnight local time.
Between Pegula and her eighth title on the circuit-it would be her fourth career 1000 after Guadalajara, Montreal and Toronto-the toughest obstacle, that Sabalenka to whom she has lost six out of eight times, including the Cincinnati and Us Open finals last year. In contrast, Pegula’s last win came in the round robin of the 2023 Wta Finals.
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