Matteo Berrettini He will compete in the first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian Open, after having overcome his right foot injury.
The former Italian tennis number one, who withdrew from the Brisbane tournament because he had not recovered from the illness, will leave for Melbourne on Saturday, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.
The Spanish pupil Francis Roig He will not play any tournament prior to the first Grand Slam of the season and will be part, directly, of the main draw of the Australian Open that will begin on January 14.
The positive result of the tests he underwent last week has changed the plan of the former world number six and Wimbledon finalist in 2021.
Berrettini had the option of not reappearing until March, but he will play the Australian Open with a protected ranking after six months of inactivity due to injury.
It will be the seventh time that the Italian plays the Melbourne great. In 2022 he achieved his best performance and reached the semi-finals, which he lost to the Spanish Rafael Nadal. Last year he did not make it past the first round, beaten by the British Andy Murray.
Thiem is guaranteed to get into the picture
Another of the tennis players who returns to the circuit after a serious injury, Dominic Thiem, winner of the United States Open in 2020, secured a place in the main draw of the Australian Open after the withdrawal of Reilly Opelka, the organizers of the event confirmed this Friday. tournament.
Thiem, who lost to Rafal Nadal 7-5 6-1 in the first round of the Brisbane International tournament on Tuesday, will now advance to the first round of the Australian Open which begins on January 14 and avoids the playoffs.
The 30-year-old Austrian broke the Grand Slam dominance over Roger Federer, Nadal and Novak Djokovic by winning the 2020 US Open, but a wrist injury the following year sidelined him for months.
Thiem also reached the final of the Australian Open in 2020, losing to Djokovic. Thiem, now ranked 98th, won his first Grand Slam match since 2021 at the US Open in August last year before losing to Alexander Bublik in the second round.
2024-01-05 23:35:04
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