Berrettini: "I have defeated two very strong players, it has been a great week"

Surely Matteo Berrettini, upon seeing the draw for the ATP 500 in Doha, thought that this week would not bring him great joys. Facing Novak Djokovic in the first round, what can you do but confront him as best as you can and hope to bring a high level of tennis. In the end, things didn't turn out so bad for him, defeating the Serbian and also Tallon Griekspoor. Last night, we saw him surrender to Jack Draper in the quarterfinals. Perhaps when everyone already saw him as the favorite, still, the Italian wanted to focus on the positives before heading to his next tournament.

“The bitterness is there because I could have played another great match, fortunately the season is long. I felt superior for a good part of the match, had everything under control, which is good. I don't remember playing so many matches on cement at this level; it's a shame to have made a couple of mistakes at 4-4 in the third set, although Jack (Draper) also responded very well. I've defeated two very strong players, so it's been a great week,” Matteo stated in comments collected by Il Tennis Italiano.

This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Berrettini: “He vencido a dos jugadores muy fuertes, ha sido una gran semana”