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Berrettini Extends Winning Streaks, Sails Into Wimbledon Quarter-finals

Away from the main show courts, Matteo Berrettini has quietly gone about his business over the past seven days and the cinch Championships champion is now a Wimbledon quarter-finalist.

The seventh-seeded Italian extended his grass-court winning streak to nine matches on Monday, once again executing a strong service performance for a 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Ilya Ivashka of Belarus in one hour and 47 minutes on Court 12.

On Wednesday, the level of scrutiny will increase when Berrettini plays fourth-seeded German Alexander Zverev or 16th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada at the All England Club.

But the 25-year-old, who is in a strong position to once again qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held from 13-19 November in Turin, is more than used to being in the spotlight. Berrettini has won 30 of 35 matches this year, including his fifth ATP Tour title at the Serbia Open (d. Karatsev) and a runner-up finish in his first ATP Masters 1000 final at the Mutua Madrid Open (l. to Zverev).

He is the fifth Italian man to have reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals, after Uberto De Morpurgo (1928), Nicola Pietrangeli (1955, 1960), Adriano Panatta (1979) and Davide Sanguinetti (1998).

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Once Berrettini came through a 12-point hold for a 3-1 lead in the first set, which lasted 37 minutes, it was relatively smooth sailing against Ivashka, who broke just once at 2-5 in the second set. World No. 9 Berrettini won 12 of the first 14 points for a 3-0 lead in the third set and completed his 30th match win of the season having won 32 of 38 first-service points.

Berrettini will now prepare to snap a two-match losing streak against Zverev, who leads 3-1 in their ATP Head2Head series, or a 1-0 advantage over Auger-Aliassime. Berrettini beat the #NextGenATP star in the 2019 MercedesCup final on Stuttgart’s grass.

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