Tennis: Berrettini survives five-set test to reach US Open fourth round

Tennis: Berrettini survives five-set test to reach US Open fourth round

The Straits Times - Sports·2021-09-05 06:02

NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Italian sixth seed Matteo Berrettini survived a third-round test from Ilya Ivashka to win 6-7(5) 6-2 6-4 2-6 6-3, firing off 27 aces in front of an adoring Grandstand crowd on Saturday (Sept 4).

A handful of unforced errors cost the first-set tiebreak for the Wimbledon runner-up, who got the break in the fourth game of the second set and fired 21 winners to plow through the third.

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