Berrettini, last minute drop in the Italian team, will not be substituted

Berrettini, last minute drop in the Italian team, will not be substituted

Rome, Jul 19 (EFE) .- Matteo Berrettini, world number 8 and finalist at Wimbledon, is the last-minute casualty in the Italian tennis team that will compete in the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT) decided this Monday not to replace him, so the group is left with six members.

The FIT confirmed this Monday, four days before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, the Italian team, which will be made up of Lorenzo Sonego (26), Fabio Fognini (31) and Lorenzo Musetti (61) ), in the men’s tournament, and by Camila Giorgi (n.58), Jasmine Paolini (n.92) and Sara Errani (n.105), in the women’s.

Errani, 34, who became number 5 in the WTA rankings, will participate in her fourth Olympics after the resignation of Martina Trevisan due to injury.

The last minute loss is that of Berrettini, who had to resign due to injury to a Games in which he was aiming for a medal.

Another notable absence is that of Jannik Sinner, the young promise of Italian tennis of only 19 years old, who refused to participate in these Olympic Games.

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