Overview
- Matteo Arnaldi progressed to the Roland Garros semifinals after Matteo Berrettini retired during their quarterfinal match on Wednesday while trailing 7-5, 5-2.
- Berrettini said the pain is in his hip, that radiological exams are needed to know the extent of the injury, and that he does not yet know how long he will be sidelined.
- Arnaldi’s run caps a recovery from a 2025 right-foot sesamoid fracture and includes almost 17 hours and 42 minutes on court at the tournament, a record for time spent to reach the late rounds of a Slam.
- Arnaldi will face fellow Italian Flavio Cobolli in the tournament’s first all-Italian men’s semifinal, a matchup that has shifted betting markets and calls for wider TV coverage.
- The result lifts Arnaldi sharply in the rankings to around world No. 34 and spotlights a wider Italian surge at Roland Garros while raising questions about Berrettini’s availability for the grass season.