did not recover from the abdominal injury – Corriere.it

On the day of the official presentation of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, sad news arrived for Italian tennis, even if – unfortunately – in the air. Matteo Berrettini, for the second consecutive year, will not be at the start of his home tournament. If last year it was the hand operation that stopped him, this time the abdominal injury suffered in Montecarlo from which Matteo has not yet recovered.

I clung to the hope of being able to play in Rome, a tournament that means a lot to me and where, probably, all my dreams began – Berrettini’s message entrusted to his social profiles -. Unfortunately however, the results of the last MRI showed that I need at least another week before I can start working out physically again. The non-participation in the Rome tournament is very difficult to accept and this above all thanks to you fans. Your support means so much, everything: I can’t wait to play in front of you again. Will have to wait until 2024.

Berrettini was injured during the match in Montecarlo against Cerundolo: second degree injury to the internal oblique muscle, a problem that had prevented him from taking the field against Rune in the round of 16 of the Principality’s Masters 1000. From that moment on, a race against time began, in Barcelona, ​​to try to get back in condition, at least for the appointment at the Foro Italico. No way: we talk about it again (perhaps) at Roland Garros.