The Editorial Team Monday 18 March 2024, 09:43
Berrettini lost in the final in two sets 7-5, 7-6 in Phoenix with Borges, but he left the tournament with good feelings and is now preparing for the Masters 1000 in Miamiwhere he will find his friend again Sinner. Against the Portuguese he savored the feeling of the battle, of the real match and everything went well except the result. However, the defeat doesn’t hurt and, as mentioned, leaves positive feelings. Borges demonstrated that he has great numbers and that he has the head of a champion. He was also seen in the gesture of fair play, beautiful in the first set, when he had two set points in his favor at 6-5.
Borges’ gesture in the disputed point with Berrettini on set point
Berrettini serves a winning first, on the line: even according to the line judge it is good but the sensor judges it off. The Italian tennis player protests for a long time, calmly and with a bitter smile. Initially Borges keeps aloof, but when Berrettini calls him into question he too admits that she was good. And Borges’ intervention is decisive in awarding the point to Berrettini. A gesture not for everyone: if he had remained silent Borges would have taken the first set, which he also did in the next point.
Corriere dello Sport by subscription
Together for passion, choose how
Subscribe to the digital edition of the newspaper. Matches, stories, insights, interviews, comments, columns, rankings, scores, lineups, previews.
Always with you, as you want
