It is not Wimbledon, this must be said right away, but winning the first tournament you show up to after months of an injury that led to the first operation of your life is a small thing. For Matteo Berrettini the victory in the ATP 250 in Stuttgart (6-4; 5-7; 6-3) is the best news possible at the beginning of the season on grass, the one that led him to win the Queen’s tournament last year and to reach the final at Wimbledon where no Italian had ever been. In this perspective, this tournament is worth a lot and even more if in the final you find yourself in front of someone who, 9 years ago, you watched on TV win in London, first British from 77, Sir Andy Murray, the fourth musketeer of the racket with Nadal, Federer and Djokovic.
For Matteo Berrettini it is the sixth title in his career, the fifth at the Atp 250 level which is added to that of the ATP 500 of the Queen’s of last year. On the same grass the Roman, who this year also went to the Cannes red carpet, returns this week as reigning champion. In the second round he could find Murray himself, if the injury that limited him in the final is overcome, or Sonego, beaten in the quarterfinals at the Weissenhof Tennis Club on Friday.
“Three years ago I lived here one of the best weeks of my life and it’s crazy to think I managed to repeat myself,” said Berrettini after the victory. “Incredible, it’s the last thing I would have imagined: to come back from an injury, from the first operation of my life, and immediately win. I didn’t play my best in the early rounds, my tennis improved from game to game. It was tough, Murray had the opportunity to force the match to the third set: congratulations to him, it was clear he was injured and I’m sorry it ended like this. For me it was an honor to play against him for everything he has done in his career ». Now meet on British soil.
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Source: Vanity Fair
