Matteo Berrettini, on the ‘push to achieve great things’, wins thriller at Cagliari Challenger | ATP Tour
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Berrettini, on the ‘push to achieve great issues’, wins thriller at Cagliari Challenger
Hurkacz advances; Wawrinka falls in France
April 28, 2026
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Matteo Berrettini in motion Tuesday at the Sardegna Open
By ATP Staff
Matteo Berrettini has produced a few of his finest tennis on clay, profitable six of his 10 ATP Tour titles on the floor and reaching the Roland Garros quarter-finals in 2021.
After an early exit at the Mutua Madrid Openthe 30-year-old returned residence to reset at the ATP Challenger 175 occasion in Cagliari, the place he survived a stern opening-round take a look at on Tuesday.
Berrettini handled the Italian crowd to an exhilarating 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-6(5) win in opposition to Patrick Kypson.
“I’m in Cagliari to try to find my best tennis and my best physical and mental condition, and to gather energy for the coming months,” Berrettini stated forward of the event. “We felt this was the ideal tournament to do that.”
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Cagliari followers will once more have a lot to cheer for in Berrettini’s second-round match; a showdown in opposition to prime seed and 2024 champion Mariano Navone.
Berrettini is defending simply 100 factors the remainder of the clay swing. He will drop 50 factors on May 4 from a third-round displaying in Madrid final yr and one other 50 factors on May 18, having additionally reached the third spherical in Rome in 2025. The former World No. 6 missed Roland Garros final season due to a proper indirect harm.
“The tour has shown us that achieving good results in tournaments like [here in Cagliari] can give us the push to achieve great things,” Berrettini added.
Competing on the ATP Challenger circuit for the first time since March 2024, Berrettini served for the match at 6-5 in the second set, but was pushed to determine. He secured the victory in entrance of a full crowd after two hours and 50 minutes.
“Without this crowd and in a special place, I might have misplaced,” Berrettini stated put up match. “They supported me from the first point to the last, helping me in a very difficult match.”
Berrettini just isn’t the solely former Top 10 star competing at the Sardegna Open. Hubert Hurkaczseeded sixth, you American Zachary Svajda 6-2, 7-6(8) to start his marketing campaign. Hurkacz saved a set level on return at 6/7 in the second-set tie-break.
Aix-en-Provence
Former No. 3 and final yr’s finalist Stan Wawrinka returned to the Open Aix Provence Crédit Agricolebut was you by eighth seed Sebastian Ofnerwho gained 6-3, 6-4.
#NextGenATP Spaniard Martin Landaluce rallied previous residence wild card Daniel Jade 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 and Wu Yibing beat Alexandre Muller 6-3, 6-4.
favourite fan Grigor Dimitrov headlines Wednesday’s order of play at the ATP Challenger 175 event in France. The Bulgarian will meet Spanish qualifier Pol Martin Tiffon.
Martin Landaluce will subsequent meet fourth seed Ethan Quinn in Aix-en-Provence. Credit: Mike Lawrence/ATP Challenger
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