On January 21, Beijing time, the third round of the Australian Open men's singles, 18-year-old Spanish rising star Alcaraz Challenge will be the No. 7 seed Berrettini. In the first two sets, Berrettini won back-to-back. In the third and fourth sets, Alcaraz recovered two sets in a row. In the decisive set, the two sides fought a decisive battle to grab ten battles, and in the end, the biggest cold score of the Australian Open men's singles so far was snuffed out at the last moment! Berrettini won 10-5 to grab ten, five sets, and eliminated Alcaraz 3-2 to advance to the men's singles round of 16.
At just 18 years old, Alcaraz has risen to 31st in the world rankings, and in 2020, Alcaraz became at'p's Rookie of the Year, and entering 2021, Alcaraz set a record, becoming the youngest Spaniard to win the French Open men's singles tournament for the first time since the Open era! In the same year, At the US Open, Alcaraz continued to write history, advancing to the quarterfinals, becoming the youngest player in the history of the US Open! It can be said that Alcaraz is another magical boy in Spanish tennis, known as Nadal's successor!
Italy's famous Berrettini is actually not very old, one of the representative figures of the world tennis after 95, and reached the Wimbledon final last year, creating the history of Italian tennis. Currently, Berrettini is ranked seventh in the world and the No. 7 seed of this year's Australian Open. Originally, in the 1/4 zone, Djokovic was the strongest top seed and the biggest favorite to advance to the top 4, but Djokovic was forced to retire, and Berrettini became the biggest seed in the zone and the top favorite in the 1/4 zone. However, Berrettini's form was not very stable, and it took Berrettini 158 minutes to advance to a large score of 3-1 against the American wild card Player Kozlov in the last round.
In this campaign, against supernova Alcaraz, Berrettini quickly entered the form, 6-2 in the first set, and won the second set by grabbing seven, with a huge advantage of 2-0. However, Alcaraz was worthy of Nadal's successor and was extremely tenacious, pulling the game into the decider with two sets in 6-4, 6-2.
In the decider, the first eight sets, the two played 4-4. In the crucial ninth set, Berrettini remained steady. The tenth inning that Alcaraz had to protect was also won. In the eleventh set, the pressure came to Berrettini's side, and the Italian star's serve was still strong and easy to save. In the twelfth set, Alcaraz withstood the pressure and completed a difficult save. The decider is coming! In the tenth battle, Berrettini took the lead in breaking the opponent's serve points, 10-5 thrilling, extremely thrilling to advance to the men's singles round of 16.