Matteo Berrettini News & Form
The 23-year-old Italian was barely able to beat Diego Schwartzman in five sets in the previous round. Berrettini fell behind twice, but he found a way to win two tiebreakers and beat Diego 6-3 in the fifth set. Matteo had a loss of 75 winners and 76 of his own errors, controlling the flow of the match, but he struggled with the first serve, only hitting 60% and allowing 15 break points to his rivals.
Berrettini had an easy job in the first two rounds, and he enjoyed the season of beautiful grass. Matteo won the title in Stuttgart and reached the semifinals at Halle. He has a record of 29-13 in 2019 and a 13-4 record on grass in his career. This is Matteo's
second appearance at Wimbledon, and he came out in the second round last year.
Roger Federer News & Forms
World No. 3 drove through the first three rounds, losing just one set against George Harris in the opening. Federer beat Jay Clarke and Lucas Pouille in two straight sets in the next two rounds, and he impresses against Pouille who is the 27th seed here. Roger has 39 winners and only 14 errors himself, converting four of his nine break points.
Federer played at Halle in front of Wimbledon, winning the 10th title at the Gerry Webber Open. Roger is looking for the ninth championship at Wimbledon and the second in three years. He has a 184-26 record on grass in his career, while Federer is 35-4 in 2019.
PREDICTION
Matteo Berrettini will cause Roger Federer all kinds of problems in their round of 16 matches where they meet for the first time. The Italian is full of running and will benefit from a day's rest on Sunday after his marathon match with Diego Schwartzman and must be difficult to pull off the field, but there may not be a better player in history to do so. The Swiss world number three showed his best game against Lucas Pouille and finally looked on course. He could lose a set if Berrettini could emulate his last appearance but could win in four.
