Once again affected in the abdominals, the Italian had to throw in the towel after winning the first set (7-6) against the Frenchman Arthur Fils in the 1/8 finals of the ATP 500 tournament in Tokyo.
While leading 1 set 0 7/6 (7/5) against Arthur Fils, Matteo Berrettini threw in the towel in the second round in Tokyo. The very fragile Italian colossus was betrayed by his abs. Once again. From the first game of the second set, while he was serving, the Transalpine came to the net to tell his opponent that it was over for him. An abandonment which allows the 24th in the world, winner this summer of the ATP 500 in Hamburg, to reach the quarterfinals in Japan. After dominating Taylor Fritz, the Ile-de-France native will meet another American: Ben Shelton.
For Berrettini, who returned to competition in March after seven months of absence due to an injury to his right ankle at the 2023 US Open, the physical problems are piling up. The former world number 6 still won three tournaments this year, all on clay (Marrakech, Gstaad and Kitzbühel).
