Berrettini struggled on service in the first set and was bothered by a foot pain, requiring a medical timeout at 2-5 in the opening in a hard-fought match at the ATP 250 event.
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With his back to the wall Matteo Berrettini advanced to the final of the Tennis Napoli Cup on Saturday. After a sluggish start, the Italian improved his serve to defeat American Mackenzie McDonald 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-3. Berrettini struggled on service in the first set and was bothered by a foot pain, requiring a medical timeout at 2-5 in the opening in a hard-fought match at the ATP 250 event. However, the second seed stayed focused on the task at hand and gradually turned the match around. In the second and third sets, he hit 10 aces and 30 winners to advance after two hours and 25 minutes on home soil.
Berrettini, who did not drop a set in his first two matches in Naples, will meet countryman Lorenzo Musetti in the final on Sunday after the 20-year-old defeated Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-4. Musetti had reached the semi-finals of his previous two events in Sofia and Florence, but he never appeared in danger of doing so again in Naples, where he found rhythm behind his groundstrokes to command play against Kecmanovic. He broke the Serbian’s serve three times on his way to an 89-minute victory, much to the joy of the home crowd.
Matteo Berrettini and Lorenzo Musetti are scheduled to face each other in the final of the 2022 ATP Tennis Napoli Cup on Sunday, October 23. The tournament is scheduled to begin on October 17 and end on October 23.
The ATP Tennis Napoli Cup will have five rounds of action excluding the qualifiers. These are the round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. The competition’s main draw is set to commence on October 17, 2022 and conclude on October 23, 2022.
| Date | Competition Stage |
|---|---|
| October 17 | Round of 32 |
| October 18 | Round of 32 |
| October 19 | Round of 16 |
| October 20 | Round of 16/Quarter-finals |
| October 21 | Quarter-finals |
| October 22 | Semi-finals |
| October 23 | Final |
| Player | Seed |
|---|---|
| Andrey Rublev | 1 |
| Pablo Carreno Busta | 2 |
| Matteo Berrettini | 3 |
| Roberto Bautista Agut | 4 |
| Lorenzo Musetti | 5 |
| Miomir Kecmanovic | 6 |
| Sebastian Baez | 7 |
| Albert Ramos-Vinolas | 8 |
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