Matteo Berrettini will face tomorrow Taylor Fritz In the quarterfinals of the Miami tournament. The last time the Roman had arrived so far in a 1000 dates back to Madrid 2021: a lot of time for someone like Matteo who has gone through several deserts to arrive where it is now. In the absence of Jannik Sinner stopped in the pits for disqualification, and given the umpteenth gray phase of Lorenzo Musetti (defeated without appeal with a double 6-2 from Djokovic), the 28 -year -old Roman is today the male standard -bearer of the Italian tennis movement, a very high level bearer as demonstrated by the almost brutal success in the round of 16 Alex de Minaur. The Australian number 10 of the world is developing a sort of idiosyncrasy for the blue colors: multi -concrete at the hands of Sinner, he came out loser from the match against Berrettini after having repeatedly enjoyed (the blue has canceled six sets six points) the taste of being able to bring him to the third set, an area in which he would have inevitably been the favorite.
Mental condition of caps
Berrettini can count today on a mental condition worthy of what allowed him to arrive at the final of Wimbledon nel 2021. Indeed, better: he got rid of those fears and weights that especially after the Flushing Meadows injury had besieged him. Today he shows off a completely detached serenity from the results that allows him to obtain them, the results. “If I’m happy I can get the results I want. And now I’m happy,” he said after the match.
Fun and serenity
It is as if he had returned to have fun playing tennis even if, as he said some time ago, “the routine maybe weighs me a little more than when I was at the beginning of his career”. But this particular phase of the season intrigues him even more since Sinner He is out of the games and especially it’s up to him to be the image of that Italian Way of Tennis that last year captured the attention of the world, not just tennis. Of course with Fritz it will not be easy and Matteo does not start favorite. Even if it now holds the diagonal of the reverse with a solidity never seen before (being able to count not only on the slice but also on a convincing, however built, flat and deep blow), the 27 -year -old from San Diego has more violent shots of By Minaur And it could force Matteo to a surplus of fatigue or creativity to withstand the exchange especially on the reverse.
The Berrettini season
Matteo’s season, however, should not be observed only for what he can do now; his is a journey that pulls straight to the season on the grass, a surface where “The Hammer” It could grasp the heaviest successes. And in the meantime, all you can do is rejoice for that smile that Matteo offers even after an error or a failed opportunity: it is the sign of a season that psychologically is completely new for him.