Last minute of Alcaraz – Berrettini live:
Good afternoon and welcome to the second week of Wimbledon. In a few moments the world number one, Carlos Alcarazand the Italian Matteo Berrettini, 38 in the ATP ranking. Both They will fight for the position in the quarterfinals. and, although it is not the first time that they have met, it will be on grass and at Wimbledon. They have met three times and of those three, Alcaraz has won two of them. The last one in the ATP quarterfinals in Rio last year, where the man from El Palmar took the title.
Alcaraz reaches this round of 16 after beating the French Jeremy comfortably in three sets Chardy and Alexandre müller and suffer a little more, even losing a set, against the Chilean Nicolás jarry in the third round. Now the Murcian faces the first big hurdle on his way to his first Wimbledon. Despite the fact that, a priori, Berrettini was not a very big stumbling block, the Italian has shown that he has something more to say on this surface. Being a formidable server, he managed to beat his compatriot Lorenzo sonegoto Australian Alex De Minaur and the German Alexander Zverevdropping just one set in the first round.
The Murcian continues undefeated so far this grass season. Even with room for improvement, the last match against Jarry has helped him gain experience on a center court before which he already felt intimidated last year. For his part, Matteo Berrettini is planted in these round of 16, certainly with some surprise, given his problems with injuries in recent months and its early defeat at the ATP in Stuttgart. Whoever wins this match will face the winner of the match between Dimitrov and runes.