Matteo Berrettini conquers Botic van de Zandschulp in Tokyo | ATP Tour

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Berrettini conquers Van de Zandschulp on Day 1 in Tokyo

Italian advances to spherical two, Navone downs Darderi 

September 25, 2024

Can Matteo Berrettini grow to be simply the second participant in 2024 to win 4 or extra ATP Tour titles this week on the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships?

The Italian made a spectacular begin in Tokyo on Wednesday, when he hustled previous Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3, 6-4 below a closed roof to advance to the second spherical.

Contemporary off a press release upset win over Carlos Alcaraz on the US Open, the Dutchman constituted a tough path to navigate, however Berrettini was in a position to nullify any menace. The Italian, who’s No. 45 within the PIF ATP Rankings, struck 22 winners in line with Infosys ATP Stats on his approach to a hard-fought victory after one hour and half-hour.

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On the ATP 500 occasion in Tokyo, the 28-year-old was in a position to show his most ruthless tennis, extending his 2024 document in opposition to lower-ranked gamers to 15-0 in addition to his Lexus ATP Head2Head collection to 4-0 over van de Zandschulp.

The previous World No. 6 within the PIF ATP Rankings joins Jannik Sinner (6) and Alcaraz (3) as the one males to have claimed three or extra ATP Tour titles in 2024, having lifted trophies on clay in Marrakech, Gstaad and Kitzbuhel.

Berrettini was ousted within the second spherical of the US Open final month to the eventual finalist Taylor Fritz however is returning to the ATP Tour in a bid to complete the season with a flourish, establishing himself among the many contenders to go deep on his debut in Tokyo.

Within the first match of the day, Mariano Navone defeated Luciano Darderi 6-4, 6-4 to document his second Tour-level win on exhausting courts, with the opposite 15 approaching his favoured clay. The Argentinian received 75 % of first-serve factors and saved eight from 9 break factors (89 %) en path to a well-earned triumph.