Matteo Berrettini flies to the semifinals at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam event of the season, which is taking place on the hard courts of Melbourne Park. The 25-year-old from Rome, number 7 in the world and in seeding, defeats the 35-year-old Frenchman Gael Monfils, number 20 in the ATP ranking and 17 in the draw, with a score of 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6 -2 after three hours and 49 minutes. Berrettini will face 35-year-old Spaniard Rafael Nadal, world number 5 and sixth-seeded, in the semifinal. The Iberian defeated the Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3.
