Matteo Berrettini

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[Kamileki]

ATP Wiedeń R2:

8 Karen Chaczanow 2785
9 Matteo Berrettini 2570
10 Kei Nishikori 2560

[Damian]

Berrettini, Monfils Boost London Positions

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Berrettini powers past Dimitrov
Italy's Matteo Berrettini tightened his grip on one of two remaining Nitto ATP Finals qualifying spots on Wednesday at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. The Italian edged Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(5), 7-6(1) to make the third round of the ATP 500 and add 45 points to his ATP Race To London tally.

Berrettini, who's in eighth place in the Race, now has 2,570 points, 85 points ahead of ninth-placed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain (2,485 points). The top eight on 4 November will qualify for the season finale, to be held 10-17 November at The O2 in London.

Berrettini hit 36 winners, including 20 from his forehand wing, to hold off Dimitrov, who beat Roger Federer en route to the US Open semi-finals last month. The 23-year-old Italian will next meet the winner of South Korean Hyeon Chung and Andrey Rublev of Russia, a rematch of the 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals title match, which Chung won.

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Gael Monfils will get his rematch with #NextGenATP Italian Jannik Sinner. The Frenchman, who's in contention for the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals, rallied to beat Austrian wild card Dennis Novak 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Monfils hit 13 aces and converted all three break points. He will next face the 18-year-old Sinner, who continued his impressive run by beating German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber on Tuesday. Sinner beat Monfils last week en route to the semi-finals of the European Open in Antwerp (l. to Wawrinka). The Italian became the youngest ATP Tour semi-finalist since Borna Coric at the 2014 Swiss Indoors Basel.

Monfils added 45 points to his ATP Race To London tally with the first-round win and moved into 12th place in the Race, passing Japan's Kei Nishikori. Monfils, with 2,215 points, trails Berrettini by 355 points.

In the final match of the day, Russian Karen Khachanov advanced 6-3, 4-6, 4-1 when Hungarian Marton Fucsovics retired. The second-seeded Russian will meet the winner of American Sam Querrey and Diego Schwartzman of Argentina in the quarter-finals.

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[Damian]

Tym samym Matteo zagwarantował sobie TOP 10.

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[Kamileki]

[Damian]

Berrettini Boosts London Hopes In Vienna

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Italian to face Thiem in semi-finals

Matteo Berrettini earned a crucial win in his bid to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals on Friday, beating Andrey Rublev 7-5, 7-6(4) at the Erste Bank Open.

The 23-year-old ended Moscow champion Rublev’s seven-match win streak after one hour and 52 minutes, raising his level at the conclusion of both sets to reach his eighth tour-level semi-final of the year. Berrettini improves to 3-1 in his FedEx ATP Head2Head series against Rublev, adding to previous wins against the 22-year-old at the 2018 J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad and this year’s US Open.

“I am really happy. It was a tough match, mentally and physically,” said Berrettini. “Andrey is playing his best tennis so far. Last week, he won Moscow, so he was feeling confident and I saw it on the court.”

The Vienna debutant, who has won 19 of his 26 most recent tour-level clashes, adds 90 points to his ATP Race To London total for his quarter-final win. With 2,660 points, eighth-placed Berrettini moves 130 points clear of Roberto Bautista Agut. The Spaniard fell in three sets to Reilly Opelka in the Swiss Indoors Basel quarter-finals.

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As a result of this win, Berrettini will become only the fourth Italian to enter the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings on Monday. The 23-year-old joins countrymen Adriano Panatta, Corrado Barazzutti and Fabio Fognini in the exclusive club.

Berrettini is the sixth man to crack the Top 10 for the first time this year. This is the most debut Top 10 entries in a single season since 2006, when eight players achieved the feat. The three-time tour-level titlist will become the fourth player aged 23 or younger to make his Top 10 breakthrough this season.

Berrettini will meet top seed and home favourite Dominic Thiem for a spot in the championship match. Thiem was leading Pablo Carreno Busta 5-0 in the first set when the Spaniard was forced to retire from their quarter-final. Berrettini and Thiem are tied at 1-1 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series.

After failing to convert two break points at 3-3, Berrettini claimed the only break of the first set four games later. The World No. 11 rushed Rublev with powerful forehands and moved to the net to finish points. With neither player able to break serve in the second set, Berrettini once again found his best level under pressure to seal the win. The Italian served with authority and played with patience from the baseline to extract errors and move into the last four.

Rublev was aiming to record his 35th tour-level win of the year (34-18). The World No. 22 picked up his second ATP Tour crown last week at the VTB Kremlin Cup, dropping just four games against Adrian Mannarino in the championship match.

Did You Know?
This is the first time since 2010 that each of the top four seeds has reached the quarter-finals at the Erste Bank Open.

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[Damian]

28.10.2019

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 9

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Berrettini's Breakthrough: Matteo Becomes Fourth Italian To Crack The Top 10

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23-year-old becomes sixth player to crack the elite group in 2019
Before this season, only two Italians had ever cracked the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings. In less than five months, that number has doubled.

Following in the footsteps of Fabio Fognini, who achieved the feat in June, Matteo Berrettini broke into the Top 10 for the first time on Monday, adding to a historic year in Italian tennis. The 23-year-old, who finished 2018 as the World No. 54, climbed to World No. 9 after reaching the semi-finals of the Erste Bank Open.

”It is crazy, because we had to wait a lot,” said Berrettini. “Fabio won a crazy tournament [in Monte-Carlo], he was playing so good. He was looking for this achievement a bit longer than me, he [has had] a really great career. After winning an ATP Masters 1000 [title], the Top 10 is the next step, so I was happy for him and now I am super proud of myself.”

Berrettini is the sixth player this season to break into the Top 10 for the first time. That is the most in a single campaign since 2006, when eight players did it. In 2018, only Lucas Pouille made his Top 10 debut.

”[It is] tough to believe, I have to say,” said Berrettini. “It was an unbelievable run this year with a lot of matches, a lot of new experiences and great tournaments.”

Other active Italians — Andreas Seppi and Marco Cecchinato — have made the Top 20 in recent years, but Fognini and Berrettini joined former World No. 4 Adriano Panatta and Corrado Barazzutti as the only men to move into the Top 10.

Player Career-High First Broke Into Top 10
Adriano Panatta No. 4 23 August 1973
Corrado Barazzutti No. 7 6 March 1978
Fabio Fognini No. 9 10 June 2019
Matteo Berrettini No. 9 28 October 2019
“It is a very good year for Italian tennis, two guys breaking into the Top 10 with Fabio and Matteo after so many years. Especially now, with Matteo having the chance to qualify for [London]. He is in a good position, so of course it is very positive,” Seppi said. “For sure it is a very special year for Italian tennis.”

Berrettini will now turn his attention to the Rolex Paris Masters, where he has a lot at stake. Although he is No. 9 in the ATP Rankings, Berrettini is in eighth place in the ATP Race To London, putting him in position to qualify for the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 10-17 November.

Berrettini is the 10th seed at the season’s final ATP Masters 1000 event, and he can guarantee his spot in London by making the final. The Italian will face Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Russian Andrey Rublev in his opener.

Berrettini's 2019 Highlights
- Titles: Budapest, Stuttgart
- Final: Munich
- Semi-finals: US Open, Shanghai, Halle, Vienna, Sofia

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Berrettini został szóstym graczem w tym roku, który po raz pierwszy przekroczył granicę Top-10.

[Damian]

Berrettini Completes 2019 Nitto ATP Finals Field

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With Italian's qualification, eight different countries to be represented
The eight-player singles field for the 2019 Nitto ATP Finals is set. Matteo Berrettini clinched the final spot at the prestigious season-ending tournament, to be held from 10-17 November at The O2 in London, following results at the Rolex Paris Masters on Friday.

The 23-year-old Berrettini is the first Italian player to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals in singles since Corrado Barazzutti in 1978, when the event was contested in New York City. Adriano Panatta, who played at Stockholm in 1975, was the first Italian to compete at the season finale. Bolelli and fellow Italian Fabio Fognini competed together in the 2015 doubles competition.

Eight different countries are represented at the Nitto ATP Finals for the fourth consecutive year. Berrettini joins fellow debutants Daniil Medvedev of Russia and Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas alongside former qualifiers Rafael Nadal of Spain, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer of Switzerland, Austria’s Dominic Thiem and defending champion Alexander Zverev of Germany. It will be the first time that there will be four players aged 23 & under in the season finale since 2009 — Juan Martin del Potro (21), Djokovic (22), Andy Murray (22) and Nadal (23).

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Chris Kermode, ATP Executive Chairman and President, said: “This year looks to be one of the most interesting player fields in the history of the tournament with the established superstars of the ATP Tour challenged by the next generation. The longevity of the Tour’s global icons combined with the impressive rise of the future stars of our sport over the past couple of years has made for a fascinating spectacle. It’s all to play for in London.”

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Berrettini, who was World No. 57 on 11 March, has soared up the ATP Rankings this year to a career-high No. 9 (28 October) with more than 40 match wins for the first time in his career. This year, the Monte-Carlo resident won two ATP Tour titles at the Hungarian Open in Budapest (d. Krajinovic) in April and at the MercedesCup in Stuttgart (d. Auger-Aliassime) in June. He reached the BMW Open by FWU final in Munich (l. to Garin) in May, and also captured his third ATP Challenger Tour title in Phoenix (d. Kukushkin) in March.

In recent months, Berrettini became the second Italian man to reach the US Open semi-finals (l. to eventual champion Nadal) — and the fourth to advance to the last four of a Grand Slam championship, following in the footsteps of Barazzutti, Panatta and Marco Cecchinato. Earlier this month, he beat two Top 10 players (No. 5 Thiem, No. 10 Bautista Agut) en route to his first ATP Masters 1000 semi-final at the Rolex Shanghai Masters.

The eight-team doubles field for the Nitto ATP Finals is led by Wimbledon and US Open champions Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, who have already clinched year-end No. 1 for 2019. Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus, Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies, Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, and Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek have also clinched their berths at The O2 in London.

2019 DRAW CEREMONY:
The draw for the 2019 Nitto ATP Finals will be made on Tuesday, 5 November and will be streamed live via the official ATP Tour Facebook page. Further details will be published in due course.

2019 GROUP NAMES:
The Finals Club, an initiative launched by the ATP in 2015 as a way of celebrating the past champions and heritage of the season-ending tournament since its inception in 1970, has honoured former champions through the naming of groups over the past four years. This year’s groups will be named as follows:

In singles:
- Group A will be named in honour of Andre Agassi, the 1990 winner and 14-time qualifier.
- Group B will be named in honour of Bjorn Borg, the 1979 and 1980 winner.

In doubles:
- Group A will be named in honour of Max Mirnyi, the 2006 and 2011 winner.
- Group B will be named in honour of Jonas Bjorkman, the 1994 and 2006 winner.

The ATP’s crown jewel event is to be held at The O2 in London through to 2020, where it has been staged to wide acclaim since 2009. The event has successfully established itself as one of the major annual sporting events worldwide, broadcast in more than 180 territories with global viewership figures reaching an average of 95 million each year.

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[Damian]

Matteo Berrettini ósmym uczestnikiem ATP Finals. Włoch zadebiutuje w turnieju

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Matteo Berrettini uzupełnił stawkę uczestników ATP Finals 2019. Dla Włocha będzie to debiutancki występ w turnieju dla ośmiu najlepszych tenisistów sezonu.

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Matteo Berrettini uzyskał kwalifikację do Finałów ATP Tour 2019 w piątek dzięki porażce Gaela Monfilsa z Denisem Shapovalovem w ćwierćfinale turnieju ATP Masters 1000 w Paryżu. Gdyby Francuz wygrał, wywalczyłby awans do londyńskiego Masters. Przegrał jednak 2:6, 2:6 i ostatnia przepustka do imprezy wieńczącej sezon trafiła do Włocha.
Występ w ATP Finals będzie zwieńczeniem najlepszego sezonu w karierze Berrettiniego. 23-latek z Rzymu jeszcze w marcu był 57. tenisistą świata. Od tego czasu zdobył dwa tytuły w głównym cyklu (w Budapeszcie i w Stuttgarcie) i jeden w challengerze (w Phoenix) oraz m.in. doszedł do półfinałów w wielkoszlemowym US Open i w turnieju ATP Masters 1000 w Szanghaju. Dzięki tym osiągnięciom wspiął się na ósme miejsce w rankingu ATP i zagra w Londynie.

Berrettini został pierwszym Włochem, który weźmie udział w turnieju kończącym sezon od 1978 roku i występu Corrado Barazzuttiego w Nowym Jorku. - Kilka miesięcy temu nawet bym nie pomyślał, że mogę zdobyć kwalifikację. Bardzo cieszę się, że znalazłem się w najlepszej "ósemce". To wielka satysfakcja i nagroda za wspaniałą pracę, którą mój zespół, moja rodzina i ja sam wykonaliśmy przez cały rok. Teraz przygotowujemy się na finałowe show. Będę gotowy - skomentował, cytowany przez portal atptour.com.


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Tym samym znana jest już lista uczestników Finałów ATP Tour 2019. Prócz Berrettiniego, w Londynie zagrają Rafael Nadal, Novak Djoković, Roger Federer, Danił Miedwiediew, Dominic Thiem, Stefanos Tsitsipas i Alexander Zverev. Włoch jest jednym z trzech debiutantów w tym gronie, obok Miedwiediewa i Tsitsipasa.

Losowanie ATP Finals odbędzie się wtorek. Tenisiści zostaną podzieleni na dwie grupy. Po dwóch najlepszych graczy awansuje do półfinałów. Turniej zostanie rozegrany w dniach 10-17 listopada na korcie twardym w hali O2 Arena w Londynie.

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[Damian]

04.11.2019

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 8

[arti]

04.11.2019

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 8

[Damian]

Matteo Berrettini: Italian Power Over Style

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The Italian, who started the year outside the Top 50 in the ATP Rankings, has qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time.
Matteo Berrettini had just turned 23 when he pitched up in Budapest in late April to contest the Hungarian Open. He would win his second ATP Tour title that week – adding to his first in the Swiss mountain resort of Gstaad the previous summer – and his career has since had a dazzling momentum.
A successful clay-court season paved the way for more triumph on the grass, where he won the Stuttgart tournament and then reached the fourth round of Wimbledon, where he was stopped by Roger Federer. A first Grand Slam semi-final materialised on the hard courts of the US Open, where only Rafael Nadal could stop him. And then late last month, as a reward for his run to the last four at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Shanghai, and also for making the semi-finals of the tournament in Vienna, he became a Top 10 player in the ATP Rankings for the first time.
What first strikes you about Berrettini is his physical presence. Six feet five inches tall and powerfully built, he would not have looked out of place playing for the Azzurri in the recent Rugby World Cup. His serve and forehand are his most formidable weapons, but he seems increasingly comfortable at the net, and developed a handy slice when forced to play nothing else due to a wrist injury at the age of 17.
Berrettini’s parents are both club players, and so tennis has been a part of his life since he can remember. His parents may have been the first to thrust a racquet into his hands, but he also owes a debt of gratitude to his younger brother Jacopo. “When I was seven or eight, I wasn’t playing, and my brother told me, ‘Come to play – you’re going to enjoy.’ I was, like, ‘Hmm, I’m not sure.’ Then I went, and I never stopped. I started like this.”
Jacopo, who plays on the ATP Challenger and ITF World Tours, is two and a half years Matteo’s junior. So he cannot have been much more than five when he successfully negotiated himself a practice partner, and changed the direction of his brother’s life.
As a junior, at the elite level, Berrettini never excelled: his highest ranking was just 52. But there was a bigger picture taking shape, as Vincenzo Santopadre, a former Top 100 player who has been coaching Berrettini since the age of 13, told The New York Times. The teenage Berrettini, who always had a significant height advantage over his peers, did not practise or travel to tournaments as frequently as many others. Instead, Berrettini was encouraged to devote time to family, friends and schoolwork. Santopadre did not think Berrettini was either physically or mentally ready for any more at that time and was trying to build a player and a man who could thrive in the world of professional sport.
Slowly but surely, the mission has been accomplished. Berrettini was 21 years old when he made his main draw debut on the ATP Tour. Playing on clay in Rome, he lost as a wild card to Fabio Fognini in the first round of the 2017 Italian Open. He did not win a match on the ATP Tour until January of last year. And yet in 2019 he has been able to accumulate sufficient wins to earn himself a place in this exclusive eight-man field for the Nitto ATP Finals. Along the way he has faced both of his idols, on two of the most famous tennis arenas in the world. First in July, on Wimbledon’s Centre Court, he thanked Federer for the lesson – and enquired how much he owed him – after going down in just 74 minutes in the fourth round. And then in September, inside the cavernous Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, Berrettini took on Nadal for a place in the US Open final.
Berrettini was the first Italian man to reach the last four in New York for 42 years. He had made sure of that by beating Gael Monfils in the fifth set tie-break of a gripping quarter-final.
Berrettini, regularly serving at over 130 miles per hour under the roof, and with the peak of his white baseball cap pointing down the back of his net, had two set points in the opening tie-break against Nadal. Nadal ultimately prevailed in straight sets, in front of more than 20,000 people, but Berrettini had come of age. It was some effort by a man who, because of an ankle injury, had only been able to play one match in the six weeks between Wimbledon and the US Open.
Berrettini grew up predominantly on clay but has shown this year how he can also play on hard and grass courts. “I was saying before [the US Open that my favourite surfaces are] clay and grass. Before the grass season, I was saying clay. Right now I can say all those surfaces. I think this kind of trip started long time ago, four years ago, with my coach. I used to play a lot on clay. I used to practise on clay. But my coach said, ‘Okay, we have to improve on faster surfaces.’
“So I played a lot of [tournaments] in 2015. I played 70 per cent of the matches on hard courts. I did an investment for my career. Of course, my weapons are good for hard courts, but it’s not that easy, especially because I’m tall. I like to play when I have time. I think that’s the biggest work that I did during these years.”
Whatever happens here on this hard court, you sense Berrettini will continue to enjoy his tennis. That has been his intention from the word go. “I said, this is going to be my passion,” he has disclosed. “I am loving this sport. I’m trying to enjoy every practice, even if it’s bad. For sure you have to enjoy what you’re doing.”
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MATTEO BERRETTINI: POWERFUL ITALIAN LOOKS TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON LONDON DEBUT

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Matteo Berrettini, who started the year outside the Top 50 in the ATP Rankings, has qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time. Profile by BBC’s Russell Fuller.

Matteo Berrettini had just turned 23 when he pitched up in Budapest in late April to contest the Hungarian Open. He would win his second ATP Tour title that week – adding to his first in the Swiss mountain resort of Gstaad the previous summer – and his career has since had a dazzling momentum.

A successful clay-court season paved the way for more triumph on the grass, where he won the Stuttgart tournament and then reached the fourth round of Wimbledon, where he was stopped by Roger Federer. A first Grand Slam semi-final materialised on the hard courts of the US Open, where only Rafael Nadal could stop him. And then late last month, as a reward for his run to the last four at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Shanghai, and also for making the semi-finals of the tournament in Vienna, he became a Top 10 player in the ATP Rankings for the first time.

What first strikes you about Berrettini is his physical presence. Six feet five inches tall and powerfully built, he would not have looked out of place playing for the Azzurri in the recent Rugby World Cup. His serve and forehand are his most formidable weapons, but he seems increasingly comfortable at the net, and developed a handy slice when forced to play nothing else due to a wrist injury at the age of 17.

Berrettini’s parents are both club players, and so tennis has been a part of his life since he can remember. His parents may have been the first to thrust a racquet into his hands, but he also owes a debt of gratitude to his younger brother Jacopo. “When I was seven or eight, I wasn’t playing, and my brother told me, ‘Come to play – you’re going to enjoy.’ I was, like, ‘Hmm, I’m not sure.’ Then I went, and I never stopped. I started like this.”

Jacopo, who plays on the ATP Challenger and ITF World Tours, is two and a half years Matteo’s junior. So he cannot have been much more than five when he successfully negotiated himself a practice partner, and changed the direction of his brother’s life.

As a junior, at the elite level, Berrettini never excelled: his highest ranking was just 52. But there was a bigger picture taking shape, as Vincenzo Santopadre, a former Top 100 player who has been coaching Berrettini since the age of 13, told The New York Times. The teenage Berrettini, who always had a significant height advantage over his peers, did not practise or travel to tournaments as frequently as many others. Instead, Berrettini was encouraged to devote time to family, friends and schoolwork. Santopadre did not think Berrettini was either physically or mentally ready for any more at that time and was trying to build a player and a man who could thrive in the world of professional sport.

Slowly but surely, the mission has been accomplished. Berrettini was 21 years old when he made his main draw debut on the ATP Tour. Playing on clay in Rome, he lost as a wild card to Fabio Fognini in the first round of the 2017 Italian Open. He did not win a match on the ATP Tour until January of last year. And yet in 2019 he has been able to accumulate sufficient wins to earn himself a place in this exclusive eight-man field for the Nitto ATP Finals. Along the way he has faced both of his idols, on two of the most famous tennis arenas in the world. First in July, on Wimbledon’s Centre Court, he thanked Federer for the lesson – and enquired how much he owed him – after going down in just 74 minutes in the fourth round. And then in September, inside the cavernous Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, Berrettini took on Nadal for a place in the US Open final.

Berrettini was the first Italian man to reach the last four in New York for 42 years. He had made sure of that by beating Gael Monfils in the fifth set tie-break of a gripping quarter-final.

Berrettini, regularly serving at over 130 miles per hour under the roof, and with the peak of his white baseball cap pointing down the back of his net, had two set points in the opening tie-break against Nadal. Nadal ultimately prevailed in straight sets, in front of more than 20,000 people, but Berrettini had come of age. It was some effort by a man who, because of an ankle injury, had only been able to play one match in the six weeks between Wimbledon and the US Open.

Berrettini grew up predominantly on clay but has shown this year how he can also play on hard and grass courts. “I was saying before [the US Open that my favourite surfaces are] clay and grass. Before the grass season, I was saying clay. Right now I can say all those surfaces. I think this kind of trip started long time ago, four years ago, with my coach. I used to play a lot on clay. I used to practise on clay. But my coach said, ‘Okay, we have to improve on faster surfaces.’

“So I played a lot of [tournaments] in 2015. I played 70 per cent of the matches on hard courts. I did an investment for my career. Of course, my weapons are good for hard courts, but it’s not that easy, especially because I’m tall. I like to play when I have time. I think that’s the biggest work that I did during these years.”

Whatever happens here on this hard court, you sense Berrettini will continue to enjoy his tennis. That has been his intention from the word go. “I said, this is going to be my passion,” he has disclosed. “I am loving this sport. I’m trying to enjoy every practice, even if it’s bad. For sure you have to enjoy what you’re doing.”

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[Damian]

Matteo Berrettini Nitto ATP Finals Pre-tournament Interview

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