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Matteo Berrettini vs Jacob Fearnley Preview & Prediction | 2025 Italian Open | Second Round

by Alex Meechan · May 9 2025, 17:43
Matteo Berrettini vs Jacob Fearnley Preview & Prediction | 2025 Italian Open | Second Round

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Matteo Berrettini begins his home tournament at the Italian Open against Great Britain’s Jacob Fearnley. 

Ranking points: ATP 1000

Start date/time: Saturday 10th May, 2025: UK – not before 10:00am / US ET – not before 5:00am / US PT – not before 2:00am

Venue: Foro Italico, Rome, Italy

Surface: Outdoor clay

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports Tennis / US – Tennis Channel

How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – Tennis Channel

Tickets: Visit this link for the latest Matteo Berrettini vs Jacob Fearnley ticket information

Matteo Berrettini vs Jacob Fearnley prediction

Matteo Berrettini’s clay court campaign began brilliantly, with the scalp of top seed and world number two Alexander Zverev in the second-round of the Monte-Carlo Masters. The Italian won from a set down to advance to the next round but then fell to a straight sets loss to compatriot Lorenzo Musetti.

Since then, the Italian’s injury problems have resurfaced yet again as he withdrew from the BMW open due to a foot injury and then retired from his third-round match with Jack Draper in Madrid due to an abdominal problem. 

Jacob Fearnely has already faced a home favourite in the previous round but came through with a comfortable 6-2 6-3 win over veteran Fabio Fognini, breaking his opponent’s serve on five separate occasions.

There are question marks over Berrettini’s fitness and Fearnley has had an encouraging run on the clay over the past month. We’re backing the 2021 Wimbledon finalist to get through but in three sets.

Matteo Berrettini vs Jacob Fearnley tip: Matteo Berrettini to win 2-1

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