Matteo Berrettini Outlasts Kypson in Three-Hour Cagliari Win

Matteo Berrettini beat Patrick Kypson in almost three hours at the Sardegna Open in Cagliari, and the win sent him into the round of 16. The result also kept him from slipping out of the ATP top 100, a line he was in danger of crossing before this match.

Berrettini’s first-set edge

He took the opening set 6-4 by breaking in the fifth game, then served for the second set at 6-5 before Kypson fought back. That recovery pushed the set into a tie-break, which the American took 7-5 to level the match.

Berrettini had to reset quickly. He was broken in the first game of the third set, a setback that put him behind again after Kypson had already dragged the match into deep water.

Kypson pushes it to the limit

The third set became the longest fight of the night. Berrettini broke back at 4-4 and forced a decisive tie-break, then earned two match points before converting the second one to finish the job.

That sequence left him with the cleaner result and the bigger prize. At Challenger 175 level in Cagliari, he stayed alive in the draw and preserved his place inside the top 100, which had been under threat before he stepped on court.

Navone awaits in Cagliari

Mariano Navone, the top seed, is next for Berrettini in the round of 16. Stefano Travaglia fell in the third set to Dutchman Jesper De Jong, and the Italian derby between Lorenzo Sonego and Mattia Bellucci is set for tomorrow at the Sardegna Open.