Berrettini books R2 spot in Vienna, Cobolli advances

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-berrettini/bk40/overview'Matteo Berrettini/a bounced back from a disappointing early exit in Stockholm by producing a dominant performance at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/vienna/337/overview'Erste Bank Open/a on Monday when he moved past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marton-fucsovics/f724/overview'Marton Fucsovics/a 7-5, 6-4 in Vienna./p

pThe Italian, who fell to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dominic-stricker/s0la/overview'Dominic Stricker/a in the second round in Stockholm, did not face a break point against Fucsovics, winning 86 per cent (32/37) of his first-serve points according to Infosys ATP Stats to advance to the second round after one hour and 48 minutes./p

p “I think it was a really good match. I served really well and I always like to play here,” Berrettini told ATPTour.com. “I was really pumped before coming here and I’m thrilled to be in the second round. I know it’s a tough tournament, but I love to be here. The crowd is great, the court is really nice and I like the conditions, so I’m looking forward to the next match.”/p

pBerrettini, a three-time tour-level titlist in 2024, is making his third appearance at the ATP 500. The No. 41 player in the PIF ATP Rankings reached the semi-finals in 2019 and the quarter-finals in 2021. Aiming for another deep run at the indoor hard tournament, Berrettini will next meet fifth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/overview'Frances Tiafoe/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cameron-norrie/n771/overview'Cameron Norrie/a./p

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pEarlier, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a improved to 21-5 in opening-round matches in 2024 with a 7-6(1), 6-3 victory against Spaniard a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alejandro-davidovich-fokina/dh50/overview'Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/a./p

pCobolli saved all three break points he faced and struck 20 winners to advance after one hour and 36 minutes. The 22-year-old Italian leads Davidovich Fokina 2-0 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series and will next play second seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a or German a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jan-lennard-struff/sl28/overview'Jan-Lennard Struff/a./p

pDe Minaur is ninth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, 265 points behind eighth-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a. De Minaur will be aiming for a deep run at the ATP 500 to boost his hopes of competing at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a, held from 10-17 November./p

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