Matteo Berrettini He will compete in the first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian Open, after overcoming his right foot injury.
The former Italian tennis number one, who withdrew from the Brisbane tournament because he had not yet recovered from an illness, will leave for Melbourne on Saturday, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.
The Spanish student Francis Roig He will not play any tournament before the first Grand Slam of the season and will be part, directly, in the main draw of the Australian Open which starts on January 14.
The positive results of the tests he underwent last week changed the plans of the former world number six and Wimbledon finalist in 2021.
Berrettini has the option not to reappear until March, but will play the Australian Open with a protected ranking after six months of injury inactivity.
This will be the seventh time the Italian will play the Melbourne great. In 2022 he got his best performance and reached the semifinals, which he lost to the Spaniard Rafael Nadal. Last year he did not make it past the first round, losing to the British Andy Murray.
Thiem is guaranteed to get into the picture
Another of the tennis players who returned to the circuit after a serious injury, Dominic Thiem, winner of the United States Open in 2020, secured a place in the main draw of the Australian Open after the withdrawal of Reilly Opelka, the organizers of the event. confirmed this Friday. tournament.
Thiem, who lost to Rafal Nadal 7-5 6-1 in the first round of the Brisbane International tournament on Tuesday, will now advance to the first round of the Australian Open starting on January 14 and avoid the playoffs.
The 30-year-old Austrian broke the Grand Slam dominance of Roger Federer, Nadal and Novak Djokovic by winning the 2020 US Open, but a wrist injury the following year sidelined him for several months.
Thiem also reached the final of the Australian Open in 2020, losing to Djokovic. Thiem, now ranked 98th, won his first Grand Slam match since 2021 at the US Open last August before losing to Alexander Bublik in the second round.
Source: La Verdad
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