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Matteo Berrettini battles past Taro Daniel at the French Open


No. 8 seed Matteo Berrettini fought past Taro Daniel in four sets to reach the second round of the 2021 French Open.

The Italian prevailed 6-0, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 against the world No. 113 in the opening round of Roland Garros.

Berrettini stormed though the opening set without losing a game in just 26 minutes – dropping just five points on serve and converting three of six break points.

The 25-year-old then broke for 4-3 en route to taking a more competitive second set – in which he lost only two points in his five service games.

Daniel responded strongly in the third set, though, and converted a first break point of the set to seal it as Berrettini served at 4-5, 15-40.

The world No. 9 survived an early break point in the fourth set, and broke the 28-year-old Japanese decisively to take a 3-2 lead.

Berrettini dropped only one point in his next three service games as he closed the match out emphatically.

The Italian will face world No. 94 Federico Coria in the second round.

(Photo credit Ray Giubilo)


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