On January 21, Beijing time, the third round of the Australian Open men's singles competition began to compete, in a focus battle at rodrawall stadium, the No. 7 seed Berrettini met the 31st seed Alcaraz. The two had a one-time encounter last year, when Alcaraz won the race. Today's match between the two sides fought fiercely in five sets, and finally Berrettini defeated Alcaraz by grabbing ten in the decider to advance to the Australian Open round of 16.
In the first set, Berrettini broke in the 5th set before he held it to a 4-2 lead. In the 7th set, Berrettini broke again, and in the 8th set he easily saved the serve and won the first set 6-2.
In the second set, Berrettini broke the belt to take a 2-0 lead. In the 8th inning, Alcaraz broke to make it 4-4. After that, both sides held their own serves, and the second set went into the seventh. Berrettini was even better at snatching seven sets, winning seven in the second set 7-3.
In the first eight sets of the third set, Both Sides saved the serve, and Alcaraz completed a key break in the 9th set, and then he successfully saved the 10th set to win the third set 6-4.
In the fourth set, Alcaraz took the lead in the 5th set, in the 7th set he broke the Bellettini service set again, and in the 8th set, Alcaraz easily saved the serve and won the fourth set 6-2.
In the decider, Berrettini defused the break point in the 3rd set and Alcaraz also saved the break point in the 4th set. In the 12th set, Alcaraz defused the final point of the match and stubbornly held the serve, dragging the decider into the grab of ten. The tiebreaker 10 Berrettini was even better, and he won 10-5, thus winning the decisive set with difficulty.
In a game that lasted 4 hours and 10 minutes, the No. 6 seed Berrettini defeated 18-year-old rising star Alcaraz 6-2, 7-6 (3)/4-6/2-6/7-6 (5) to advance to the Australian Open men's singles round of 16. Berrettini's opponent in the next round will be the winner between 19th seed Busta and Koda.