Matteo after the battle won against Cerundolo: “I’m happy now Rune. What I want is to play important matches”
Don’t ask him if he’s happy, there’s no need. Just see her face, hear the tone of her voice finally ringing after too many days of moaning. Matteo Berrettini has won a battle that is worth a war, against himself, against the haters who target him on social media, against the misfortune that had raged against him in the last year. After overcoming Francisco Cerundolo in a match that had gone badly, Berrettini warmly commented on his “feat”. The initial slide, from 5-0 ahead in the first set, then sold 7-5, he can’t explain either: “What happened? Ah, if I knew I’d tell you (laughs). I think a mix of things, because I got off to a great start but at the same time I felt very tense. I was very keen on this tournament, then I don’t have many matches on my legs. It’s a new moment in my career so it’s okay to be a little tense. I lost that game and I I started thinking a little too much but I reacted. And this is the important thing because in tennis there are always the unexpected, I’m proud of how I fought.”
EIGHTH WITH RUNES
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With Rune it will be a very tough game, he has shown that he is worth the ranking he has despite being very young. I wasn’t at my best in Acapulco but this time I hope to recover, enter the field and play a great game. These are the atmospheres I like, matches against him and the best players in the world are the ones I want to play and I’m happy to have this chance.
MATTEO IS SO LITTLE
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Physically I feel good, it was a test to see how I was. I trained a lot on clay but clay is always clay. In the end I was pretty perky, full of energy”. Despite the need for the doctor after the second set: “It was a nuisance that I sometimes feel when I play on clay. It also happened in Gstaad and I took an anti-inflammatory to soothe the pain a bit and I played calmly until the end”. He’s close, so to come back: “Yes, in the end I won, so that’s fine. I beat the number 34 in the world who hit the number 10 with balls, so I’d say I can be satisfied. What are you saying?”.
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