Disappointed Matteo Berrettini at Roland Garros.
The Roman tennis player no.
8 of the world, the blue leader, was sent home by the German rookie Daniel Altmaier n.186 of the ranking and almost unknown to the great stage of world tennis, who frozen him in three sets with a score of 6-2 7-6 6-4.
A 3-0 as peremptory as it was unexpected, matured in less than 2 hours and 20 minutes of play, during which the blue champion was a shadow of himself.
Maybe he underestimated the opponent, maybe he had heavy legs.
The fact is that Berrettini was perpetually in trouble against the 22-year-old German who had never before played in a major draw of a Major.
And who instead walked the field like a veteran, with authority and in certain moments even with bravado, sending into confusion the number one of the blue tennis who perhaps did not expect such a complicated match with this German still without sporting history.
The Italian tennis player played nervously and made many mistakes, especially in the initial phase of the game, immediately taken over by Altmaier, and then badly wasted the few opportunities to get back into the game both in the second and in the third set, when he was able to take on the lead.
It would have been enough to keep the service, but Berrettini right at the most beautiful if he made it parade several times, until it was overturned.
On the other hand, his opponent confirmed himself as the best surprise of Roland Garros 2020: he came from the qualifiers, did not miss a shot and reached the round of 16 losing only one set.
A fact that at least partially mitigates the demerits of Berrettini who failed his third assault in the second round of the Parisian tournament.
The Italy of tennis can console itself with the equally unexpected outcome of Friday's matches that opened the doors of the second round to the very young South Tyrolean Jannik Sinner (no.75 in the world) who is now more than a promise, and to the 25-year-old Lorenzo Sonego from Turin (n. 46), and then also to the 26-year-old Florentine Martina Trevisan (n. 159) on the female front.
Tomorrow Sonego will face Argentine Diego Schwartzman (# 14) for a place in the quarterfinals.
A very tough commitment for Sinner, who has not yet lost a set at the Paris tournament, and will challenge German Alexander Zverev, world number 7 for the first time in his career.
Finally, the surprising Trevisan and up to now author of a great course (she also defeated Coco Gauff among others) will face Dutch Kiki Bertens (# 8) who eliminated Sara Errani in the second round.