After a more than trying season for all players, the eight best players on the planet are currently meeting on the side of Turin to compete in the famous Masters at the end of the year. A prestigious trophy, usually contested in England, but which takes place in Italy this year. A godsend for Matteo Berrettini, currently seventh in the world and who can therefore compete in this prestigious tournament at home. The 25-year-old tennis player will still have a lot to do, because if Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are not in the game this year, there is still the ogre Novak Djokovic, who after a great family victory in Paris , intends to win a new trophy.
For his first game, Matteo Berrettini had the difficult task of facing the best German player, Alexander Zverev. In front of his home crowd, the Italian inevitably had the pressure and the desire to do well, but unfortunately for him nothing went as planned. After a very tight first set, he ended up losing in the tie-break and at the very beginning of the second round, he was obliged to request the intervention of the tournament’s medical staff to a problem with the abdominals. It is then death in the soul that the native of Rome must abandon. He goes to his opponent to greet him, but emotion overwhelms him and he stops his race, too disappointed to continue.
It’s the worst day of my life on a tennis court
Faced with the sadness of the Italian, Alexander Zverev has the right attitude by coming to comfort him and slip him a few words of encouragement. In a press conference after the match, Matteo Berrettini delivered what he had on his heart: “It was one of the most incredible atmospheres I have ever experienced and not being able to finish the match is something that kills me inside. Tomorrow I’ll do some tests with doctors to see what it is, but it’s the worst day of my life on a tennis court. I like to be competitive and if I don’t feel capable of winning, I won’t enter the field “.