Berrettini stunned in Madrid
- qualifier Dino Prizmic upset Matteo Berrettini on Madrid Open Day 1, one of the tournament's early shocks. (perfect-tennis.com) - The upset came during the Round of 128 action as qualifiers battled into the main draw. (perfect-tennis.com) - The result underlines how Madrid’s conditions and calendar position are producing surprising early exits. (perfect-tennis.com)
Dino Prizmic, a 20-year-old qualifier from Croatia, knocked out Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round of the Madrid Open on Wednesday. (atptour.com) The match was played on April 22 at Manolo Santana Stadium, where Prizmic completed his third win in three days after coming through qualifying. (atptour.com) ATP Tour’s official results listed the match in the men’s Round of 96, with Prizmic marked as a qualifier and Berrettini exiting in straight sets. (atptour.com) For Berrettini, the loss came at a tournament where he has gone deep before: he reached the Madrid final in 2021, his first ATP Masters 1000 final. (wikipedia.org) For Prizmic, the win pushed him into the second round against fourth seed Ben Shelton, who arrived in Madrid after winning the BMW Open in Munich on April 19. (atptour.com 1) (atptour.com 2) Prizmic is 20 years old and entered Madrid with a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 87, reached on April 13, 2026. (espn.com) (wikipedia.org) Madrid’s main-draw play began on April 22, and the tournament runs through May 3 at La Caja Mágica. Early rounds in the combined event regularly mix seeded players, wild cards and qualifiers across the men’s and women’s draws. (mutuamadridopen.com) (atptour.com) On the same Wednesday slate, ATP Tour results showed wins for Marin Cilic, Hubert Hurkacz, Tomas Machac and Rafael Jodar, putting Berrettini’s exit among the day’s clearest men’s upsets. (atptour.com) Prizmic now moves from qualifying into a second-round test against Shelton, while Berrettini leaves Madrid after one match at a tournament that once carried him to a final. (atptour.com)
