Team Italy failed to reach the semi-finals at the ATP Cup to start 2022, but it was only a matter of time before Italians made their mark on the new season. Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner have not taken long to do just that. Both Berrettini and Sinner are into the Australian Open quarter-finals, where they have a chance to make more history for their country.

If both men advance to the last four, it will be just the second time that multiple Italian men have reached the semi-finals at the same Grand Slam. The last time that happened was 1960 at Roland Garros, where Nicola Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola achieved the feat. No Italian duo has done it in the Open Era. But perhaps what is most interesting about Berrettini and Sinner is their unique games, paths and personalities.