Tile for Matteo Berrettini and Italian tennis: our number 1 will have to jump not only Monte Carlo, as it became clear immediately after the news of the intervention immediately on the right hand, but also to the other two Masters 1000 on clay, Madrid and especially Rome . A painful but necessary decision that in reality the staff of the number 7 in the world had already taken before proceeding with the surgery. “Matteo is more sorry than angry,” says his coach Vincenzo Santopadre. «Unfortunately there are three very heavy tournaments: Monte Carlo is almost an Italian tournament, Rome is the place of the heart and in Madrid, where you play 700 meters above sea level, the conditions are the most suitable for your tennis. But there was no alternative to stop ».
In Spain, among other things, last year Berrettini had reached the final, and therefore the bleeding of points (600) is particularly serious. In total before Paris, where it is hoped he will be at the start, Matteo will lose 1140 points. Since he entered the top 10 in the world, on 28 October 2019, Berrettini has never left, but now he risks. The closest opponents are Cameron Norrie and Felix Auger-Aliassime, who, however, do not play the best cards on clay, and above all the extraordinary Carlos Alcaraz, now one step away from the top ten. Let’s hope to find Berrettini, who has always been targeted by a thousand injuries (see the abdominal problem that has tormented him in the last two years, preventing him from competing in Turin both in the ATP Finals and in the Davis Cup) in shape for Roland Garros. and above all for the season on the grass where he will have to “defend” the victory at Queen’s and the final at Wimbledon.