The Azzurro is in Malaga ready to support Italy in the Davis Cup from the bench. A way to breathe the air of competition again after a year full of injuries: “I didn’t even have the strength to get up and do physiotherapy. Playing is one of the things that makes me happiest and now I understand it.” On the rivalry with Sinner: “No envy, just a stimulus”
DAVIS CUP, ITALY-HOLLAND LIVE
Despite a season full of injuries, Matteo Berrettini he is with the Davis Cup group in Malaga, ready to give his contribution off the pitch and to cheer for Italy. A way to rediscover motivation, stimuli and breathe the air of competition: “I saw the darkness – explains -. There were mornings when I didn’t have the strength to get up and do physiotherapy. Fortunately I have also learned to stay in the dark over the years. It helped me reflect and understand what I wanted.” The desire is to play: “I understood that it is one of the things that, together with the people I love, makes me happy. And so, little by little I started to climb back up.”
“I want to go back to taking one step at a time”
“I stopped because my head and body no longer went togetherI lacked the desire to go on the pitch for the first time.” Berrettini should return to play in January, in Australia, with many positions to climb, a career to dust off taking one step at a time after the 2021 Wimbledon final and the 6th place in the ranking: “I want to enjoy the journey, go back to taking it one step at a time like I did at the beginning. There’s no point in thinking about taking a six meter step.”
“Strange not to have Santopadre next to me”
After the farewell with the historic coach, Vincenzo Santopadrethere is still no news in this sense despite contacts with Enqvist: “I’m making my assessments. It’s strange getting used to no longer having Santopadre with me – he concludes – I spent my whole life as a player with him. But we had reached a point where we had nothing left to give. But we will remain united forever.”
“Sinner’s envy? No, for me it’s a stimulus”
The presence in Malaga will also serve to find stimuli and new impetus: “I came when all the guys said yes. For me it’s important to stay here, breathe in the atmosphere of the competitions. Sinner envy? Absolutely not, in fact it is an incentive to start again. He has done extraordinary things and deserves to be the leader of this team. The group is compact and motivated, I hope to be there on the next occasion, in the meantime I will give my push from the bench.”
UNITED STATES: 32 VICTORIES
1900, 1902, 1913, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1 969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2007 Go to the photo gallery
AUSTRALIA: 28 WINS
1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1919, 1939, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1 966, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1999, 2003 Go to the photo gallery
UNITED KINGDOM: 10 WINS
1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1912, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 2015 Go to the photo gallery
