Berrettini: “I want to be part of the team and compete in the Davis Cup”

Matteo Berrettiniwho achieved the first point of the final against the Netherlands for Italy after losing Botic Van by Zandschulpis especially happy to have contributed to his selection from the court, on the front line, and not from the stands as was the case last year.

“I didn’t give up and I like it here. Last year was a good year but at the same time something was different because I wasn’t there. I came to support the team. and there was a moment when I asked myself why I went if I wasn’t one hundred percent part of the team and I was competitive and I wanted to be part of the team. But then, at the end, after the whole week, I thought it was very important to have come because I supported them, because I was very happy for them, but also for me. I did it for myself. I got a lot of energy from those games. “I realized again how important the Davis Cup is to me,” he said. Berrettini.

“By living those moments I got all those sensations and thought that next year I will be here and fight for Italy. I used that as a driving force for the training sessions and everything happened afterwards,” said the Romano player.

Berrettini He earned a place in singles. After playing on the first day, in the quarterfinals against Argentina, the doubles point was the bet of his captain Filippo Volandry for the semi-final against Australia and the final, benefiting from the retreat of Lorenzo Mussetti who lost against Francisco Cerundolo.

“It’s not a secret that I’m working very hard. I’m training to live these moments, to be ready for my team, for myself too. But at the same time, I think the Davis Cup is special in the sense that If I had lost this match, or let’s say, the last match, and we had won the doubles, in the decisive doubles phase, I would have been happy,” he said.

“So the satisfaction, the team competition, I think it has to do with the victory for the whole team, for the whole country. But at the same time, as I said before, I’m competitive. I want to be the one who scores points; Otherwise, I wouldn’t do it, I wouldn’t play tennis, everyone in the locker room, is like that,” insisted the 2021 Wimbledon finalist.

Berrettini He became the sixth player in the world but an injury kept him from the top spots. This past year, by capturing four titles, it has re-emerged in the competition.

“I’m very proud of myself, the work I did, the difficult moments where I really tried everything, it didn’t seem easy. There were times when I thought I was done with tennis, that’s what my body can do. t handle it.” .I felt weak. And thanks to the people who helped me, they told me and I trusted them and they told me that I was not weak. It’s just some things that happened and I had to deal with. they’re easy,” he said Berrettini which is not in the first list of Filippo Volandri but he finally joined the transalpine team.

“Everyone appreciated my arrival here and also in Bologna last year. I consider myself quite humble, but when I am on the bench, I think you can feel that there is something, it’s like the energy is different. I remember. Lorenzo Sonego playing here and he told me he had to be on the front line and watch me play. I need your energy. The same thing happened to others. I asked them both. That’s why I decided to join, because I felt that even if the percentage is small like that, we have a better chance to win the tie,” he concluded.