He Australian Open 2024 began rolling into Melbourne Park with Italian tennis immediately gaining its share of the limelight based on an exciting new generation of players. It is not in vain that the transalpine team won the second Davis Cup, dominating the Malaga 2023 Finals.
There the hero is the Italian Jannik Sinner, the natural leader of the group. He had the honor of opening the Rod Laver Arena, the headquarters of the first Grand Slam of the season. And he did it in the manner of a world number four, a candidate to discuss the hegemony of Novak Djokovicdefeating the Dutch Botic Van by Zandschulp by 6-4, 7-5 and 6-3.
The sinner gave the ‘silver salad bowl’ to his country. His compatriot Matteo Berrettini supported from the stands, who was not in the squad due to an injury but wanted to make the team in his presence.
The double face of tennis was moved from Malaga to Melbourne. sinful, victory; Berrettini, suffering The former world number six dropped to 125th in the world rankings. He has been out since the 2023 US Open, in the last week of August, after injuring his ankle mid-match. He will not appear again at the Australian Open.
Physical problems have been a constant in Roman’s career since he was a finalist at Wimbledon 2021 and a semi-finalist at the Australian Open 2022.
He was unable to maintain a consistent performance as he suffered from a torn stomach to a positive coronavirus test that ruled him out of Wimbledon 2022 hours after his debut. He was also left out of the Australia 2024 draw on the eve of the premiere which promised to bring a ‘great game’, as the draw paired him with the Greek. Stefanos Tsitsipas.
The organization, however, announced on Monday that Matteo Berrettini was absent due to a leg injury, leaving his place for the Belgian. Zizou Bergs. Another fatal blow for the Italian, who decided to leave his usual coach, Vincenzo Santopadre, to start a new phase in Spanish Francis Roigfor a long time on the coaching staff of Rafael Nadal. Your adventure will require more time and another setting to start the competition.
Source: La Verdad
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