After Doha, Matteo Berrettini enters the top eight also at the ATP 500 in Dubai. For the Roman tennis player, number 30 in the ranking, qualification for the quarterfinals of the tournament currently taking place in the United Arab Emirates. He did it with the 7-6(2) 6-2 victory, in an hour and a half of play, over the Australian Christopher O'Connell, number 75 and coming from the qualifications.

In the quarterfinals on Thursday afternoon, Berrettini will face Stefanos Tsitsipas , the number 4 seed in the draw, who beat Karen Khachanov 7-6(4) 2-6 6-4.

The day in Dubai also makes Luca Nardi smile: from lucky loser, he gained access to the first ATP quarterfinal of his career . The Pesaro native beat Zizou Bergs in two sets with a score of 6-4 7-6. Nardi, who secured his best ranking by virtually climbing to number 64, will now face the Frenchman Quentin Halys, 77th in the world and also coming from the qualifiers.

(Online Union)