Melbourne: Seventh Seed Matteo studied to find a higher equipment in the face of heroic battles from Gael Monfils from France to deactivate 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2 on Tuesday and become the first.
Italians to reach the semi-finals of Australia.
The 25-year-old player, who reached last year’s final at Wimbledon, will face a big winner of 20 times Rafael Nadal from Spain for a place in the week’s final at the Arena Rod Laver.
Tertittini seemed to sail to his third victory that was straight on the French player who was flamboyant when he won the first two sets but the former number six of the 35-year-old world forced the decisive set in the arena of laver floodlit.
After a three-hour intense battle and 49 minutes and the clock closed at 1 morning local time, the 25-year-old Italy sealed a contest at the third match point when Monfils found a net on the forehand again.