Berrettini Upset in Madrid

Matteo Berrettini is out of the Madrid Open after Dino Prizmic beat him 6-3, 6-4 in the first round on Wednesday. (espn.com) The match was played on Manolo Santana Stadium at the Mutua Madrid Open, the ATP Masters 1000 event staged at Madrid’s Caja Mágica. Madrid’s men’s main draw runs from April 22 to May 3, with 96 singles players and byes for the top 32 seeds. (espn.com) (atptour.com) (olympics.com) Prizmic came into the match ranked No. 87 and through qualifying, while Berrettini was listed at No. 92. Sky Sport’s live coverage said the winner would move on to face Ben Shelton in the second round. (sport.sky.it) (sportsbookwire.usatoday.com) Madrid is one of the biggest stops of the clay-court swing before Rome and the French Open, and the tournament awards 1,000 ranking points to the champion. The ATP says the event switched from hard court to clay in 2009. (olympics.com) (atptour.com) For Berrettini, the loss cuts short a return to one of the tour’s biggest clay events at the start of the European spring stretch. He had reached the round of 16 in Monte Carlo earlier in April before arriving in Madrid. (sportskeeda.com) For Prizmic, the result sends a 20-year-old Croatian into the second round of a Masters 1000 tournament after he navigated qualifying and then won in straight sets on a main stadium court. (sport.sky.it) (espn.com) The Madrid draw continues through early May, but Berrettini’s week ended in his opening match. Prizmic moves on with a 6-3, 6-4 win that stood as one of the day’s early men’s results. (olympics.com) (espn.com)