Berrettini: “Haunted season, but Wimbledon is a place that makes me happy”

He wants to try, Matthew Berrettini. The form is what it is, a season characterized by problems, withdrawals, controversies, but on the eve of Wimbledon – the Slam where two years ago he climbed to the final before surrendering to his majesty Djokovic – the Roman, who has slipped to number 37 in the ranking, is showing confidence. “Despite everything, although this year seems to be marked by a voodoo ritual, in the end this place makes me happy. Both for the memories I have lived and that I still carry with me, and because it has something special. I don’t feel 100% % but I wanted to come here and play, I missed the competition and the adrenaline” he told Sky. “I take it one day at a time, here too one point at a time. The desire to do well, to feel good is great”.

Debut against Sonego

In the first round Berrettini will deal with Lorenzo Sonego, the two faced each other a few weeks ago in Stuttgart, the Turinese clearly won and Matteo left the field in tears. “He’s my best friend on the tour – underlines Berrettini -. He’s very strange, neither of us was seeded, we could have played against anyone and instead this was fate. But I’m glad it went like this, when I look at the progress I’m both proud of what we’ve done.”