On January 25, Beijing time, the Australian Open men's singles quarterfinals, the No. 7 seed Berrettini and the 17th seed Monfils began to duel. After five sets, Berrettini went from leading 2-0 to being tied 2-2 to advancing 3-2, just like Nadal who had previously advanced!
In terms of age, the two do not belong to the same era, Monfils was born in 1986, and Nadal, Djokovic belong to the same generation of players, before and after the middle of his career, Monfils was pinned on high hopes, the physically outstanding Frenchman has superstar potential, but in the "Big Three" or counting the peak Murray's "Big Four" era, the Frenchman Monfils failed to achieve a breakthrough in the Grand Slam, this Australian Open, Monfils returned to the quarterfinals after 6 years. Born in 1996, Berrettini is 10 years younger than Monfils, the Italian has now become one of the representative figures of the post-95s, reaching the Wimbledon final last year, and after reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, he became the first post-90s person in the men's tennis world in the world today to reach the quarterfinals of all 4 Grand Slams.
It is worth mentioning that in the Australian Open, whether it is Monfils or Berrettini, further promotion to the top 4 will create a new high for the best record of their careers at the Australian Open.
In the first set, Berrettini took advantage of the break in the fifth set to take the first set 6-4. In the first set, the Italian's one-shot and two-shot scoring rates were 73% and 86% respectively, and he blasted out 15 winning points, only 5 unforced errors, and the performance was perfect!
In the second set, Monfils once won multiple break points in the fourth set, but Berrettini completed a difficult hold, and then Berrettini broke Monfils's serve in the seventh set, 6-4, and the Italian won another set to lead Monfils 2-0.
In the third set, Monfils finally completed the break, the sixth set, Monfils won the seventh break point of the whole game, Berrettini sent a double error, the first break in the game, Monfils successfully retained the advantage to recover a set 6-3.
In the fourth set, the rising Monfils continued to suppress the opponent, another 6-3, the French chased another set, the big score was tied 2-2.
In the decider, Berrettini broke in the first set, roared, and completely released the emotions that had accumulated in the previous two sets. Berrettini then broke another serve for Monfils, winning four innings in a row to give a 4-0 lead. Monfils finally completed the save in the fifth set, but in the end, it was Berrettini who won the decider 6-2, eliminating Monfils 3-2 and advancing to the Australian Open men's singles quarterfinals for the first time in his career.
It is worth mentioning that the two men's singles 1/4 finals that have been completed so far, the game process is completely the same, Nadal and Berrettini are 5 sets of battles, are from 2-0 to 2-2 to 3-2 promotion, so that the first group of the Australian Open men's singles semi-finals are released: in the first half, Nadal and Berrettini completed the meeting, met in the semifinals, for Nadal, this will be a vicious battle, competing for the right to the final! Like Nadal, Berrettini is spiritually strong, and Nadal is one of Berrettini's idols.