Berrettini, winning debut in Montecarlo: beaten Cressy

Winning debut for Matthew Berrettini at the Montecarlo Masters 1000, third of the season and first on clay. The 26-year-old Roman, number 22 in the world, beat the American in straight sets Maxime Cressy, 38 of the ranking: 6-4 6-2 the final score of one hour and 26 minutes of play. For Berrettini it is the first victory in the Principality: in the two previous participations he had been defeated in the first round in 2019 and in the second round (which was his debut) in 2021. “The start of the year was tough, but now I’m I’m here to do what I like. I have to put matches and victories in my legs, the only way to gain confidence and resistance” the words after the success. “Looking at the results, I can’t complain, I had surgery on my hand and it’s not easy to recover. When you get hurt many times, it takes a lot of energy to recover. Now I’m fine, the tank is full and I’m ready to go again. I’m happy. This is a tournament that I really care about since I live here and many Italians always come to see it. It was a difficult match, but it went well and continued like this. I like playing on clay, because I was born there. So the desire is there it is, physical too and the results will come”.

Cerundolo next opponent of Berrettini

In the second round, Berrettini, who is looking for a relaunch after a disappointing first part of the season, will face the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, world number 33, who overtook Britain’s Cameron Norrie, seeded number 11, 6-3 6-4. With Berrettini in the draw there are four other Azzurri: Jannik Sinner, seventh seeded favorite, Lorenzo Musetti, sixteenth seeded, Lorenzo Sonego, competing thanks to a wild card, and Luca Nardi, the latter promoted from the qualifiers. Everyone will take to the field tomorrow because they have been drawn in the upper part of the draw, the one presided over by Novak Djokovic, who has just returned to the world throne, and Daniil Medvedev, the player in the best form at the moment.