Eleventh seed Italian will taken on Christian Garin of Chile in the second round of the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday, October 9. The match is scheduled to start at 12.30 pm local time (5.30 am BST). You can find the Matteo Berrettini v Christian Garin live streaming options along with its preview, head to head and tips here.
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Matteo Berrettini v Christian Garin Head to Head
The only meeting between the pair was earlier this year on clay courts of Munich. 23-year-old Garin won a close match in three sets.
Berrettini Looking to End Impressive Season Strongly
23-year-old Italian has had a dream year so far. He has already won one challenger and two ATP titles this year, as well as reached another final in Munich. Berrettini became the first Italian in almost 45 years to reach the semi-finals at the US Open. He was outside the top 100 in rakings last year, whereas currently, he is at career-high ranking of 13 in the world.
After a dream run at the US Open, he seemed to have lost his focus as he crashed out in early rounds at St Petersburg and Beijing. He is currently 10th in the race to London for the ATP World Tour Finals.
He is the 11th seed this week at Shanghai, and he only dropped three games against Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round.
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Christian Garin: Struggling to Find Feet on Hard Courts
Berrettini’s opponent Christian Garin has also had a very impressive year so far. He is also currently enjoying his career-high ranking of 32. The Chilean won his first-ever title at Houston earlier this year and followed it up with winning at Munich, where he had prevailed over Berrettini. His form has been inconsistent since then, as he has gone out of 11 tournaments in the opening two rounds.
His record on hard courts this year is 8-10. But he has very few points to defend from now to the end of the season because of playing at Challengers level this time last year. A strong end to this season can see him push to break the top 20 in rankings.
Matteo Berrettini v Christian Garin Predictions & Tips
Garin is predominantly a clay court player with 21 of his 31 victories coming on the red soil. Berrettini, on the other hand, has a very strong baseline game and likes to dominate his opponents with his big forehand.
The Italian goes into the match as the strong favorite, and with qualification to London in mind, I would back him to progress to the next round in straight sets.
Tip: Berrettini to win in straight sets. 8/11 with 888Sport
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