{"id":589043,"date":"2025-11-23T16:03:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T16:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/589043\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T16:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T16:03:26","slug":"berrettini-takes-the-first-bite-against-carreno-and-spain-needs-another-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/589043\/","title":{"rendered":"Berrettini takes the first bite against Carre\u00f1o, and Spain needs another comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"quota-display text-align-center\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puntodebreak.com\/MDBA-B3-PDB-QUOTA-25\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" title=\"Apuesta en bet365\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bet365\" class=\"bet-logo lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/b365.jpg\"\/>Streaming Challenger Guayaquil live tennis<\/p>\n<p> \ud83c\udfbe Juan Pablo Varillas vs Adolfo Daniel Vallejo<\/p>\n<ol class=\"stream-card__steps\">\n<li>Sign up with Bet365 here<\/li>\n<li>Make your first deposit of at least\u00a0\u20ac5<\/li>\n<li>Go to the \u201cLive\u201d section and watch every match<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n                              Watch the match on Bet365\n                            <\/p>\n<p>        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Italy strikes first. <strong>Matteo Berrettini<\/strong> took a match against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puntodebreak.com\/tag\/pablo-carreno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pablo Carre\u00f1o<\/strong><\/a> where serves were the highlight of the game. The Spaniard hesitated in two service games, one in each set, and the Italian capitalized, taking a 1-0 lead after winning <strong>6-3, 6-4<\/strong>. Once again, everything relies on <strong>Jaume Munar<\/strong> to prevent Italy from claiming the third consecutive title. If he defeats <strong>Flavio Cobolli<\/strong>, the doubles will decide the outcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">With the appropriate emotion and tension for such an endeavor, <strong>Pablo Carre\u00f1o and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puntodebreak.com\/tenis\/matteo-berrettini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matteo Berrettini<\/a><\/strong> were chosen by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.puntodebreak.com\/tag\/david-ferrer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Ferrer <\/a>and Filippo Volandri<\/strong>, respectively, to play the opening point of the Davis Cup final. After a week that started with the last-minute withdrawal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puntodebreak.com\/tenis\/carlos-alcaraz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Carlos Alcaraz<\/strong><\/a>, the Spanish team relied on their unity, recalling the miracle in Marbella, overcoming every obstacle along the way to reach the final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matteo Berrettini&#8217;s great serve secured the first point for Italy after defeating Pablo Carre\u00f1o by a narrow margin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">The toughest challenge remained: beating Italy, the defending champion of the last two editions, with the support of the Bologna crowd this year. Only by giving their all on the court, with a warrior like Carre\u00f1o, experienced in many battles, could Spain face a daunting opponent like Berrettini. Their head-to-head record showed one win each, making the matchup even more intense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Both relied on their powerful serves, leaving opportunities to come from second serves and rallies, where the Spanish player had the upper hand. He remained unfazed by the Italian&#8217;s strong serves, sticking to his game plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Games progressed, but both struggled to hold their serves. Equality was paramount, where any minor error could result in losing a set. Berrettini&#8217;s serve proved more effective, breaking in the eighth game and closing a closely contested first set <strong>(6-3)<\/strong> where Carre\u00f1o&#8217;s nerves hindered his exceptional tennis displayed throughout the week in Bologna.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The second set followed the same pattern as the first<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">The second set didn&#8217;t start on a positive note, as the Italian had two break points that could have made the first point an uphill battle. However, the Asturian&#8217;s resilience shone through, nullifying the opportunities and taking the lead in the match for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\".\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"3d01cc34-370f-4023-81bf-9bb32ed48a79\" width=\"612\" height=\"410\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Carre\u00f1o-gana-Berrettini.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">The balance was restored as both players comfortably held their serves. The situation mirrored the first set, with no breaks until <strong>4-4<\/strong> adding extra tension to the match. When Carre\u00f1o made a service error, Berrettini seized three break points, which he converted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Berrettini sealed the match with impeccable serving, not allowing any break points throughout the encounter. Consequently, Italy leads in the final <strong>(6-3, 6-4)<\/strong>, one victory away from retaining the trophy, which <strong>Flavio Cobolli<\/strong> could secure by defeating <strong>Jaume Munar<\/strong>. Meanwhile, Spain will once again rely on heroics, miracles, and comebacks. They did it in Marbella and against the Czech Republic. <strong>Will history repeat itself?<\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;font-style:italic;\">This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puntodebreak.com\/2025\/11\/23\/berretini-da-primer-mordisco-carreno-espana-necesita-remontada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berretini da el primer mordisco ante Carre\u00f1o y Espa\u00f1a necesita otra remontada<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Streaming Challenger Guayaquil live tennis \ud83c\udfbe Juan Pablo Varillas vs Adolfo Daniel Vallejo Sign up with Bet365 here&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-589043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115599861927837983","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}