10/04/2024 and las 08:01 CEST
The Italian tennis player Matteo Berrettini, who is slowly returning to the slopes after a long injuryopened up about the complicated journey he has had to live in all these months away from the slopes.
In an interview with ‘ZETA’, the original Red Bull series that tells Generation Zeta through the stories of five twenty-something athletes, Berrettini spoke about the depression that has accompanied him in parts of this recovery process. “It was the most difficult momentduring which I felt like the tank was completely empty and I really had a hard time getting out of bed in the morning,” he explained, recalling how “I demonized the word depressionI told myself that I achieved results, I have an amazing family, people love me, how can I feel so depressed.”
“At a certain point I said, ‘Now I only do the things I feel.’ I had to take care of myself,” he recalled. “All this work I did with myself gives me the strength to say that There will surely be difficult moments, sad moments, but I will restart with a better energy compared to the past. and recover joy and excitement for an event that is coming and not the terror of saying ‘now something will happen’,” he added.
Go ahead
Regarding social networks, Berrettini commented that “it is a current and important reality and we cannot give it up, they are now an important part of our culture, if used in the correct way they are a crazy communication tool”, although he recognizes that ‘haters’ “there have always been” and “You shouldn’t stop using social media because there are people who don’t like you.”
Despite everything, the transalpine tennis player wanted to downplay the pressure of being an elite athlete. “If we don’t feel it, it means that what we do is not important. Pressure is necessary to achieve something beautiful that we have decided to achieve. It is part of the path of self-knowledge, when fear arises it is because we want to do something beautiful,” he assured.
After 11 different injuries in three yearsLast Sunday, Berrettini won the ATP 250 in Marrakech, a victory that has allowed him to return to the Top-100 in the rankings. This Tuesday, the Roman tennis player was eliminated in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 against Kecmanovic but has received one of the invitations to participate in the Rome Masters 1000. The other one that made the organization official this Tuesday is that of also Italian Fabio Fognini. They thus join the large Italian army that will have, for the moment, eight representatives, led by Sinner.
2024-04-10 06:01:39
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