Big-serving Italian Matteo Berrettini took another step in his breakthrough season as he beat Frenchman Gael Monfils 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5) at the U.S. Open on Wednesday to reach his first career Grand Slam semifinal.
In the other men’s quarterfinals, Diego Schwartzman, the smallest player in 25 years to reach the last eight, gave Rafa Nadal a big fight and forced the second-seeded Spaniard to grind out a 6-4, 7-5, 6-2.
Putting away the 13th-seeded Frenchman took everything that Berrettini had as Monfils, who struggled mightily with his serve late in the match, managed to see offfour pressure-packed match points until the Italian finally prevailed.
“Right now I don't remember any points. Just the match point,” Berrettini said on court. “While I was playing I thought, this is one of the best matches I ever saw. I was playing, but I was watching also.”
Big serves
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