Rome is the caput mundi in Paris too: after Flavio Cobolli, another Roman tennis player reaches the quarter-finals of Roland Garros .
A rediscovered Matteo Berrettini , who after a five-hour marathon with Comesana, defeated another Argentine, Sinner's executioner Juan Manuel Cerundolo . This time the Italian won in three sets, but had to play two tiebreaks to break the Argentine's resistance, who defended himself as best he could against Matteo's terrifying serves and forehands.
The final score was 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 . In the first set, Berrettini immediately broke away, taking a 3-0 lead and then relying on his service games to close out the match 6-3. In the second set, there were no breaks or break points, but in the tiebreak, Matteo dominated, winning 7-2. In the third set, the Argentine broke, but when he went to serve for the set, he was broken again by the Roman, who came back and closed out a heart-pounding tiebreak 8-6, in which he had to save three set points that could have reopened the match .
Now the winner of the match between Matteo Arnaldi and Francis Tiafoe awaits the quarter-finals , hoping for the Italian derby of the Matteos.
Flavio Cobolli also advanced to the quarterfinals , having defeated the American Svajda in four sets and is awaiting the winner of the match between Felix Auger Aliassime and Alejandro Tabilo.
(Unioneonline/L)
