Matteo Berrettini wrote one of the most beautiful pages in the history of Italian tennis last week. The Roman is actually the first Italian player to reach the Wimbledon final; Final, which he lost in four sets against Novak Djokovic, which matched the slam record of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and rose to 20 majors.
Guido Monaco, former Italian tennis player, spoke about Berrettini’s success at Tennis2U, the Sport2U program where OA Sport collaborates.
“Berrettini was not appreciated from the media point of view”
“From a media perspective, Matteo wasn’t valued for what he was doing.
Now it’s different: even the last skeptic has changed his mind. From a technical point of view, we’ve seen how close he is to the best players in the world. The grass improves some strokes while punishing others.
Now it has proven to be a great confirmation: it was always underestimated and was able to carry out experiments and various tests without a negative echo, in contrast to Sinner. Technically, Matteo has an impressive serve and forehand.
The return, especially the backhand, has improved a lot, the backhand return is still a bit broken and I see it as a sign of a lack of composure. I also talked to Santopadre about it: in the final of Wimbledon with 39 runs into the net in a match with almost 300 points played, little for a player with his characteristics.
Matteo doesn’t dare to go any further and exert pressure: that could make a qualitative leap for him, especially on fast surfaces ”. We remember that a few hours ago Berrettini announced that he would not take part in the Tokyo Olympics due to a muscle strain in his left leg.
After Sinner, Italy is thus losing another major player, which will instead concentrate on its growth in the coming months. Berrettini said on Instagram: “I am very sorry to announce my cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics.
Yesterday I had an MRI to check the injury on my left leg I sustained during Wimbledon and the result was obviously not positive. I will not be able to compete for a few weeks and have to rest ”
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