On January 25, Beijing time, the Australian Open men's singles quarterfinals began to compete, and the No. 7 seed Berrettini and the 17th seed Monfils met. The two have met a total of 2 times before, and Berrettini has won the game. Today's match between the two sides fought fiercely in five sets, with Berrettini narrowly beating his opponent 3-2 to advance to the final four for the first time in his career at the Australian Open.
In the first set, Berrettini completed a key break in the 5th set before he held the serve to take a 4-2 lead. In the 10th set, Berrettini defused the break point to save serve and win the first set 6-4.
In the first six sets of the second set, both sides saved the serve, in the 7th set Berrettini completed the key break, in the 10th set Berrettini love game saved the serve to win the set, and won the second set 6-4.
In the third set, Monfils broke in the 6th set to take a 4-2 lead. In the 9th set, Monfils managed to save the game and won the third set 6-3.
In the fourth set, Monfils broke in the 5th set and In the 9th set Berrettini saved four set points in a set without a way back, but Monfils still cashed in on the fifth set and won the fourth set 6-3.
In the decider, Berrettini broke from the start and he held it to a 2-0 lead in the second set. In the 3rd inning, Berrettini broke again and in the 4th set he held a 4-0 lead. In the 8th set, Berrettini easily saved the tie-break and won the decider 6-2.
In a match that lasted 3 hours and 49 minutes, Berrettini defeated Monfils 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2 to reach the australian open final four for the first time in his career. Beretini will then face Nadal in the semi-finals, who also went through a five-set battle to eliminate Shapovalov to advance.