Matteo Berrettini

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Matteo's Mad Dash: Wimbledon, Football At Wembley & Celebrations In Rome

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World No. 8 joins in football celebrations in Rome
Matteo Berrettini may have fallen one match short of Wimbledon glory on Sunday, but after a quick dash to Wembley football stadium he became a part of Italian celebrations, following the nation's victory over England in the European Championships football final.

The 25-year-old watched from the stands as Italy beat England 3-2 on penalties (1-1 after extra time) with his girlfriend, WTA pro Alja Tomljanovic. Afterwards, they went onto the pitch to celebrate the victory.

"I wanted to see this match live to try to let the disappointment go," Berrettini told Sky Sports Italia. "It was cool. I was more nervous than my parents were during my Wimbledon final!"

Berrettini then flew on Monday to Rome, where he was invited to join the celebrations at the Quirinale Palace, the official resident of Sergio Mattarella, the President of the Italian Republic.

There, the World No. 8 had another opportunity to congratulate the football team and also gave one of his tennis racquets to President Mattarella. He then moved onto the Palazzo Chigi, residence of the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

Berrettini and the Italian football team that won the European Championships in London on Sunday.
Ufficio stampa Quirinale

Berrettini, who has kept in contact with several Italian footballers, including Gianluigi Donnarumma, Giorgio Chiellini, Ciro Immobile, Leonardo Bonucci, Alessandro Florenzi and Nicolo Barella throughout the past few weeks, was also part of the victory bus parade.

Before Berrettini’s semi-final win over Pole Hubert Hurkacz and his 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 loss to Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final, he and Italian football manager, Roberto Mancini, shared the respect they have for each other with their social media followers.

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Injured Berrettini To Miss Tokyo Olympics

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Italian 'devastated' after decision to withdraw
Matteo Berrettini has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics due to a thigh injury he developed on his run to the Wimbledon final earlier this month. The World No. 8 in the FedEx ATP Rankings was the spearhead of an Italian tennis team, which also included Fabio Fognini, Lorenzo Sonego, Lorenzo Musetti, Sara Errani, Jasmine Paolini and Camila Giorgi.

“I am extremely disappointed to announce my withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympic Games,” Berrettini said on Instagram. "I had an MRI scan yesterday on the thigh injury I sustained during Wimbledon and was informed I will not be able to compete for a couple of weeks.

"Representing Italy is the biggest honour for me so it is devastating to miss the Olympics. I wish the entire Italian team the best of luck in Tokyo. I will be supporting you all the way."

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Ace Is The Place For Matteo Berrettini

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Learn where the Italian stands out on serve
You want to hit a bucketload of aces. You want to curtail double faults. You want to be Matteo Berrettini.

An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of the 2021 season to date shows that the 6’5” Italian has mastered better than anyone the art of dropping heat while not giving up free points. Berrettini has not hit the most aces so far in 2021 — that honour goes to Alexander Bublik, who has crushed 517 aces.

Berrettini sits in second place with 430 aces from 39 matches. But Bublik has amassed 227 double faults through the first seven months, while Berrettini is much lower with only 58. When you combine both stats to deliver a single metric, it’s Berrettini who sits at the top of the tree. The following table includes the ten leading performers evaluating aces minus double faults.

2021 Season: Aces & Double Faults

Player Aces Double Faults Aces-Double Faults
1) Matteo Berrettini 430 58 372
2) Reilly Opelka 350 46 304
3) John Isner 317 22 295
4) Alexander Bublik 517 227 290
5) Andrey Rublev 301 74 227
6) Daniil Medvedev 341 120 221
7) Marin Cilic 334 117 217
Lloyd Harris 282 66 216
9) Jan-Lennard Struff 332 128 204
10) Sam Querrey 300 98 202
Berrettini scored the biggest title of his career last month when he won the cinch Championships at The Queen’s Club, an ATP 500 event in London. The Italian was lights out with his serving performance, racking up 68 aces while only committing five double faults for a combined total of 63. That was more than twice as good as the second-best performer at the tournament, Marin Cilic, who hit 45 aces and committed 14 double faults for a combined total of 31.

As you would expect, Berrettini excelled in this part of his game in reaching the recent Wimbledon final. He collected 117 aces while committing just 15 double faults at SW19 for a combined total of 102. That was once again more than twice as good as the second-best player in this data set, who was Nick Kyrgios with 56 aces and eight double faults, which combined for a total of 48.

Berrettini also won Serbia Open in Belgrade this year, hitting 33 aces while collecting just six double faults, for a combined total of 27. The success has helped the 25-year-old Italian climb into third place in the FedEx ATP Race To Turin, which determines who will compete at the Nitto ATP Finals in Italy from 14-21 November.

Berrettini’s first serve is a bomb. He recorded the second-fastest serve at Wimbledon this year at 139mph (224 kmh). His second serve is a heavy kick, which keeps the ball safely away from the net before it dives sharply into the service box. It’s the ideal one-two punch that underpins his current FedEx ATP Ranking at No. 8, his career-high.

Berrettini has mastered power and consistency with the ultimate first-strike weapon.

Editor’s Note: Craig O'Shannessy is the strategy analyst for the Italian Tennis Federation and players including Matteo Berrettini.

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Berrettini Steps Up With 25 Aces On Tour Return

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The fifth seed will next play Auger-Aliassime or Khachanov
Matteo Berrettini did not get an easy welcome back to action on Tuesday in his first match since Wimbledon, but the fifth seed found a way to reach the third round at the Western & Southern Open.

The Italian star rallied past Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5 after two hours and 20 minutes to advance in Cincinnati. The 25-year-old had not played since the final of The Championships due to a thigh injury.

"I'm happy for the win. I think I served really well. My strokes from the baseline weren't working the way I wanted them to, but I knew from the beginning it's been a long time since I played a match, especially on hard, so I expected to feel a little bit weird," Berrettini said. "But the most important thing was I was there, I fought every point, I tried to put myself in conditions where I could win the match. That's what I'm most happy about."

Berrettini has now won 15 of his past 17 matches and is 33-7 on the season. This year’s Belgrade and Queen’s Club champion will next play 12th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, one of his best friends on Tour, or Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Karen Khachanov.

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The players did not begin their clash until just shy of 8 p.m due to more than four hours of rain. Berrettini, a 2019 Nitto ATP Finals competitor, was in trouble against Ramos-Vinolas, who proved a tricky foe for his first match in more than a month.

"Ramos is a player who makes a lot of balls," Berrettini said. "I saw the stats and I ran more than him, which is pretty weird for my game. But today that's what I felt I had to do in order to win the match and I'm really happy that I'm going to have the chance to play another match because that's what I need. I need to play matches. I need to get in the best shape possible."

The lefty uses heavy spin on his forehand and rarely makes unforced errors, and that seemed to bother Berrettini, who was searching for rhythm. The Italian hit 25 aces in the match to stay in contact and escape difficult service games.

But in the deciding moments of the final set, the script flipped. Berrettini, who is known for his hammer-like forehand, used his backhand slice to force Ramos-Vinolas to play extra balls. And at 5-5 in the third set, the Spaniard made mistakes off those floating shots, missing an inside-out forehand to lose serve.

Berrettini closed out the match in the next game with a forehand drop shot, turning to his team and yelling “Vamos!” to celebrate. It was the World No. 8’s first victory in Cincinnati.

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Berrettini Blasts Past Chardy At The US Open

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The Italian is now 2-0 in his ATP Head2Head against the Frenchman

Matteo Berrettini faced a difficult first-round foe on Tuesday afternoon at the US Open, but navigated the big points well to beat Jeremy Chardy 7-6(5), 7-6(7), 6-3 after two hours and 31 minutes.

The Italian did well to battle through his opener in straight sets in his first major appearance since advancing to the Wimbledon final two months ago. The sixth seed blasted 37 winners to just 15 unforced errors and will next play countryman Stefano Travaglia or Frenchman Corentin Moutet.

The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center has been a good venue for Berrettini, who made his first big breakthrough at Flushing Meadows two years ago by advancing to the semi-finals as the 24th seed.

Now the 25-year-old is a consistent threat at every tournament, and he is currently in sixth place in the FedEx ATP Race To Turin. The Rome-native is pursuing a second appearance at the Nitto ATP Finals, which would be especially meaningful this year as the season finale moves to his home country.

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Berrettini had to work hard to move past the dangerous Chardy, who owns three Top 10 wins at majors. However, the Frenchman was unable to capitalise on big opportunities in the first two sets.

Chardy hit a double fault with a 5/3 lead in the first-set tie-break, and lost the set. He then served for the second set, but was unable to convert a set point at 5-4 before again falling short in a tie-break.

In the pair’s only previous ATP Head2Head meeting in Marseille two years ago, Berrettini triumphed 7-6(12), 7-6(0). But they would not go to a fifth consecutive tie-break. Berrettini continued playing his aggressive game as Chardy’s level slipped, and he broke twice to take the third set.

Did You Know?
Berrettini has now won seven consecutive matches against Frenchman dating back to July 2018.

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