Matteo Berrettini battles past Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in five sets to reach US Open quarter-finals

Matteo Berrettini recovered from a set and a break down to beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in five sets and reach the US Open quarter-finals for a second successive year. A shock looked to be on the cards when unseeded Davidovich Fokina broke the 13th seed midway through the second set, but Berrettini found his range and held off a spirited fightback to win 3-6 7-6(2) 6-3 4-6 6-2. Ad Berrettini, who beat Andy Murray in the previous round in four sets, will next face either fifth seed Casper Ruud or Corentin Moutet.

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But I lost the fourth and then I thought I’m going to give it everything.” Asked about the humid conditions in New York, Berrettini said: „I like to play in these conditions. I love to play in New York but the thing is, it’s changing a lot. McEnroe: Kyrgios form is unbelievable for tennis Kyrgios opens up on homesickness after making fourth round “Two days ago against Murray, it wasn’t as humid, so it changed a lot.

I was sweating this morning. Today I had to drink a lot and that’s what I did. But yeah, I did a couple of weeks training really hard before the tournament and I guess it paid off.» Davidovich Fokina won the only previous meeting against Berrettini on clay last year and was in the ascendancy to start, breaking in just the second game of the match.