Matteo Berrettini reached the top 10 on October 28, 2019 and is still part of the small circle of tennis players able to serve in that part of the leaderboard that many dream of. The Roman is probably having the best season of his career.
His 2021 began with winning the final at the ATP Cup, the round of 16 at the Australian Open; Round of 16 that he was unable to play due to an upper abdominal injury. After winning the title at the ATP 250 tournament in Belgrade 1, Berrettini played in the final of the Masters 1000 in Madrid, where he lost in three sets to Alexander Zverev and made it to the quarter-finals at Roland Garros.
Summer in London brought great joy to the Italian number one, which made him the prestigious Queen’s Champion and the first Italian to take part in the Wimbledon final. As in the second and third Grand Slam of the year, Berrettini was stopped by Novak Djokovic at the US Open.
Ljubicic: “Berrettini just like Federer. He’s just doing the right thing”
In an interview with the Italian newspaper il Messaggero, Ivan Ljubicic praised the growth of the player, who was born in 1996. He said: “We speak of an extraordinary guy, also because of the ability and depth he has to discuss things.
Like him, I only knew Roger Federer, he is perfect, he only does the right thing. It’s interesting to see if the three monsters win again or if they stop at 20 Grand Slams. I think they will still be competitive.
Berrettini, along with Zverev, Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Rublev, belongs to the group of young people who are becoming stronger and more conscious. For Berrettini this was the first year at a very high level. If you look at the service and forehand, which are frightening, he is missing something in the backhand level and he can move better.
He misses important matches at big tournaments, still a little bit of experience. According to everyone, the name von Sinner is one of the candidates to win the Grand Slams of the future, I may have expected a little more from Musetti than Sinner himself, but the talent is there, obviously it has different growth times. And then there is Sonego, whom I like a lot because he’s on the pitch and the energy he puts into it. ”
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