Phoenix Ch R1: Matteo Berrettini [WC] def. Hugo Gaston 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 Match Stats
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It might have taken a while to get going for M. Berrettini, but the Italian wild card managed to get things under control as soon as he found his serve and groundstrokes combination back. Furthermore, M. Berrettini's backhand also worked perfectly in this match, especially in the last two sets while oftentimes balancing with the volleys when necessary, creating 13 break points thanks to his aggression despite H. Gaston having a 66% break point conversion rate while trying to apply his classic tricks.
On the other hand, M. Berrettini had an exceptional first serve winning percentage with 82%, 26% more than H. Gaston, aided by his 10 aces to get out of most troubles despite the first-set start to adjust himself for the play. Interestingly, even though H. Gaston double-faulted eight times, he still won 1% more second serve points than M. Berrettini with 51%, likely due to the latter's constant forehand rush earlier in the match.
In the second round, M. Berrettini will face the winner between eighth seed Arthur Cazaux or qualifier Adam Walton, which will be played today (local time). While this could be dubbed as the battle of the generations, this could be exciting to check how M. Berrettini's game fared to the current state of the Tour, especially knowing the potential of both players. Should be a fun one, with pressure points and their groundstrokes' consistency being predominantly tested!
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It's so interesting how completely tonally different the Phoenix Wright Trilogy is to the Apollo Justice Trilogy. Like right from the beginning. Of their respective debut games.
Like. Phoenix's very first trial is basically "Haha my loser childhood friend is a bitchless dumbass who was at the wrong place at the wrong time and the real culprit was this guy who's named "Sawhit" lmao this lawyer shit is easy as fuck."
And Apollo's very first trial is like "omg I'm defending my #1 Celebrity crush who got disbarred 7 years ago and also just accused my mentor of... murder.... What. Also he just gave me forged evidence. The thing that got him disbarred in the first place. And now my mentor's in jail. Fuck this lawyer shit kill me now."
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my participation to that color wheel challenge from some time ago! it sure was a long journey but it was both fun and satisfying to do ✨
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for the expressions challenge, maybe 7 for Pheonix and either 5 or 16 as Edgeworth’s reaction?
Sorry for the long wait, I finally got around to it though x)
Edgeworth can't handle the flirty
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Phoenix Ch QF: Matteo Berrettini [WC] def. Terence Atmane [Q] 3-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(6) Match Stats
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It took a while, once again, for M. Berrettini to find his range from his forehand. Often, this influenced his point construction, but T. Atmane ended up appearing clutch on serve, which was evident in the ninth game of the third set among any other moments in this match. However, M. Berrettini timely fired his forehand winner to secure the key point of the third set tie-breaker, which was closer than how he dominated the second one, which paved the way to his victory. The said forehand influence was also predominantly behind 8 of his break points despite T. Atmane's deep returns converting 2 out of his 7 break points from the first set and the beginning of the second set before M. Berrettini struck back.
On the other hand, it appeared that the difference between both players were thin. M. Berrettini fired 10 aces than T. Atmane's 4, allowing him to have the slight edge from the first serves by 3% with a 76% winning percentage, which helped him nailing some pressure points on his serve. However, even though he double-faulted just twice than T. Atmane's 5, he won 4% lesser points than the Frenchman, which was a consequence of his forehand errors while trying to follow up to T. Atmane's deep returns on his serve, but it was insufficient for T. Atmane to sustain in this match.
Shortly (local time) as this was written, seventh seed Aleksandar Vukic awaits, who earlier defeated Quentin Halys 6-4, 6-4 in an almost simultaneous manner, but way earlier due to Halys' double faults that concluded the set. This turned out to be a rematch of their second-round encounter in the Phoenix Challenger last year, where outside of the possible servefests, M. Berrettini's forehand became the key to mini-break at the second set tie-break to win the match, while he went after A. Vukic's forehand to secure the only break of the match back in the first set. Should be an intriguing one to see how and if the Italian wild card could find his range, sooner or later.
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