Monte Carlo, April 8 – Wildcard entrant Matteo Berrettini produced a stunning performance to defeat World No. 10 Daniil Medvedev 6-0, 6-0 in just 49 minutes and advance to the third round of the Monte-Carlo Masters on Wednesday.
Berrettini dominated from start to finish against an unusually erratic Medvedev, who failed to win a single point on his own serve. This defeat marked the first time the Russian has lost a tour-level match without winning a game.
Berrettini has now won his first two matches in the Principality without dropping a game. In the first round, the 29-year-old was leading 4-0 when Roberto Bautista Agut retired due to injury.
The former World No. 6 also registered his first Top-10 victory since defeating Alexander Zverev at the same tournament last year. It was also the first time Berrettini recorded a 6-0, 6-0 win at the tour level.
Medvedev, who was playing his first clay-court match of the season after winning titles in Dubai and Brisbane earlier this year, struggled to find rhythm and committed 27 unforced errors during the one-sided contest.
With the emphatic win, Berrettini improved his head-to-head record against Medvedev to 1-3 and will next face either Joao Fonseca or Arthur Rinderknech in the third round.
"I think it was one of the best performances of my life. I think I missed three shots in the entire match, and it's not easy against a tricky player like Daniil. I think the game plan was perfect, and my weapons were working. I faced two break points in the first game, and then after that, I felt I was playing better than him. I wasn't expecting to win 0-0 like that.
But I kept my focus, because I know that sometimes one or two breaks aren't enough, so I kept pushing. I have been playing for a long time, so I felt it was really important to hold my serve at the start of the second set. It's a matter of a few points at the start, and then when you go up two breaks, you're more relaxed, and the ball is [flying] out of your racquet," Berrettini was quoted by ATP.