Berrettini doesn't want any more ups and downs: "In five years, everything has happened to me"

Fernando Murciego | 27 Aug 2024 | 17.32

Matteo Berrettini aims for the US Open 2024. Source: Getty

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The name of Matteo Berrettini continues to command great respect in every tournament he enters, but it's true that on paper, we haven't seen him achieve a major result in a while. The talent is still there; it's just a matter of the Italian consistently focusing and hitting the right note in a significant tournament. Could that tournament be the US Open 2024? It's possible, as he has already had strong performances here. After defeating Albert Ramos in the first round this past Monday, Matteo spoke to the press from his country in a conference covered by the colleagues at Ubitennis. Below, we highlight the most interesting points.

Debut against Albert Ramos

"There were many question marks on the court, even though it was a first-round match against a player who may not be a cement specialist but has played many matches at a high level. I hadn't trained much in New York, so I wasn't expecting to have the best possible feelings. In fact, I was prepared for any distractions from the start, such as a lack of feeling or double faults, something unusual for me. I accepted everything, and gradually, the level rose as the match progressed, which bodes well for the next one."

A tortuous path

"Maybe five years of a career aren't many, but I've experienced everything, both beautiful and less beautiful things. I've grown a lot as a person; I'm not the same as I was five seasons ago—I've evolved, matured, and improved. I don't know if I'm in a better or worse chapter, but certainly a different one from the rest of my career. I'm much more aware of what's happening around me; when I was young, everything was different, now I'm more present in the moment. For me, this victory is very important given everything I went through in the past months."

A fresh start

"A chapter closes every time you change or overcome something difficult. Last year's chapter was one of the toughest of my career, for a million reasons. I had to rediscover the pleasure of training but first, I had to leave behind everything that had happened. That's how you reset a situation, but it's really complex, not because I didn't think it was possible but because I felt I didn't have the energy to do it."

Bittersweet memories of the US Open

"The day I left here in a wheelchair, I also erased it—it was the first image that came to mind. But now, what I have in my mind are the two quarterfinals and the semifinal I played here, all the good matches and the hard-fought battles. I used to be someone who focused on negative things, but little by little, I'm changing that. This is the tournament where I made a leap, so now let's hope to give another push to what's to come."

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