BERRETTINI 4-4 ARNALDI
Arnaldi’s resistance at the baseline is improving game by game and he’s getting real joy when he is able to bring Berrettini into the forecourt.
Indeed, the former world number six looks uncomfortable as he booms a low forehand into the net and coughs up another break point.
Berrettini saves it with a clutch serve but a Hollywood howitzer from beyond the tramlines arrows down the line and just long to offer up a second chance.
Arnaldi shows tremendous wheels to track down a dropper but just fails to convert a delicate crosscourt re-drop.
It’s a topsy-turvy face-off from there as Berrettini fluffs a number of game points but also needs to swat away THREE more break points.
The former Wimbledon runner-up’s serve keeps coming to the rescue and he eventually bellows with delight as he grits out a 15-minute hold!