Matteo Berrettini retires from Queen’s- Corriere.it

Another lump sum, one of those that do very badly. Matteo Berrettini will not even play the Queen’s ATP 500, where he had won the last two editions. Only a few days ago he had returned to the field after an absence of over two months (he hadn’t played since mid-April in Montecarlo, before the abdominal injury), he had lost against Lorenzo Sonego and had come off the grass pitch in Stuttgart in tears. He had another tournament available, the London one, to get closer to Wimbledon and try to improve in condition in view of the appointment that two years ago was the peak of his career: nothing to do. “I am very sad to have to withdraw from this tournament without having the possibility to defend the title. I wish everyone a nice week, see you next year”, Berrettini’s words released on the official website of the tournament.

Losing the points obtained last year with the double victory between Stuttgart and Queen’s, Berrettini will leave the top 30 in the world rankings, also risking not being seeded at Wimbledon, a tournament that Matteo was forced to skip last year due to covid. But already seeing him at the Championships starting on July 3rd, given how things have turned out, would be good news
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