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Fixture: (4) Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Matteo Berrettini
Date: 27. February 2025
Tournament: Dubai tennis first 2025
Lap: Quarterfinals
Place: Tennis Center Aviation Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Prize money: $ 3,237,670
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The fourth-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas will play former Top-10 Matteo Berretini player in one of the quarterfinals at 2025. Tsitsipas was not in great form 2025 in Dubai, the best result of the Greek player was at the Abn Amro Open, where he reached the quarterfinals, losing 4-6, 2-6 against Mattia Bellucci.
The former world issue 3 already had two outputs in the first round of 2025. Australian openTsitsipas lost to Alex Michelsen in the first round. A similar bad performance saw him in the first round Qatar open Against Hamad Meddedovic, although the Serb was visibly injured.
Tsitsipas started his campaign at the Tennis Championship in Dubai with 7-6 (4), 6-3 win against Lorenzo Sonego in the first round. He carried this momentum in the second round, winning 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4 against Karen Khachanov.
Matteo Berrettini’s start to the 2025 season was not ideal, because Italian lost three of his four matches in the season. This included exits from the first round to Brisbane International and Abn Amro Open and a way out of the second round to the Australian Open.
Coming to Dubai, the former world number 6 reached the quarterfinals in Doha, losing 6-4, 4-6, 3-6 against Jack Draper. Quarterfinal ride included the first career victory against Novak Djokovic for the Italian player. In Dubai, he started winning 7-5, 6-4 over Gael Monfils, then followed by 7-6 (2), 6-2 by winning the Australian qualifiers of Christopher O’Connell.
Tsitsipas has a 3-1 lead over Berrettini in his head to his head. The last time these two players met, Italian beat 7-6 (6), 7-5 to 2024. Swiss Open.
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Tsitsipas and Berrettini last challenged in a hard game at 2023 United Cupwho beat Greek 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4. He scored 72 percent of service points and 26 percent of return points, while Italian scored 74 percent of service points and 28 percent of return points. Tsitsipas directed the opponent in the numbers of another service, both while serving and return.
In the hard courts, the Greek player reached 15 finals, winning five titles, the last of which came to Los Cabos Open at 2023. In the meantime, Berrettini reached just one final court final in the 2022 Tennis Napoli Cup, losing against Lorenzo Musetti.
Berrettini’s only victory against Tsitsipas arrived at the clay court. However, the upcoming match will be on the hard ground, but with his head in his favor, Tsitsipas is a favorite to win.
Pick-Tsitsipas to win in three sets
Edited by Tushhita Baru