Berrettini Reaches Vienna Quarter-Finals After Cobolli Retires Injured
Matteo Berrettini is in the quarter-finals of the Vienna tennis event.
He played against Flavio Cobolli in the round of 16.
Cobolli could not finish the match. He had an injury.
Cobolli stopped the match. This is called a retirement in tennis.
Cobolli was sad. He had tears after the match.
Cobolli talked about why he cried.
Other tennis players watched the news.
Novak Djokovic and Alex De Minaur checked Cobolli's injury news.
They want to know if Cobolli is okay.
Berrettini will now play in the quarter-finals.
The event happens in Vienna.
Tennis fans want to know more about Cobolli's injury.
Vocabulary4 words
- quarter-finals
- one of the last four matches before the final
- round of 16
- the stage of 16 players left in a competition
- injury
- hurt part of the body
- retirement
- when a player stops a match early because of pain
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1. Matteo Berrettini 2. He had an injury 3. True
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Matteo Berrettini is in the _____ of the Vienna tennis event.
He played against Flavio Cobolli in the _____.
Cobolli could not finish the match. He had an _____.
Cobolli stopped the match. This is called a _____ in tennis.
Cobolli was sad. He had _____ after the match.
Cobolli talked about why he cried.
Other tennis players watched the news.
Novak Djokovic and Alex De Minaur checked Cobolli's _____ news.
They want to know if Cobolli is okay.
Berrettini will now play in the _____.
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