Berrettini, no go for Wimbledon 2021 finalist: most feared announcement snakes through social media.
The link to some trap tunes, best wishes to Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in a rush of blue pride. Otherwise, all is silent on Matteo Berrettini’s social profile. Long gone are the days when the Italian champion used Instagram to put his face on it and to tell followers about his progress, intentions, future plans: now, he is careful not to do so. And you certainly can’t blame him for that.
The people of the web have hurt him so much that the Roman evidently no longer considers it his duty to use his official channels to keep in touch with fans. The affair with Melissa Satta has caused many to bring out the worst and Matteo to be criticized in every possible and imaginable way. “An insult to mankind”: these words were used by his mental coach, Stefano Massari, to qualify the insults and gratuitous criticism levelled at the Wimbledon 2021 finalist in recent months, giving a good idea of how much they have hurt him.
He does well, then, Berrettini to stop trusting anyone. To avoid social media like the plague and to stop communicating anything about tennis or his private life. He would only get insults and sneers out of it, and that, surely, is not what he needs at this very difficult time in his career.
Berrettini, no dice: his silence says it all
The fact that he hasn’t hit a shot in days and, unlike some of his colleagues, hasn’t posted a single photo suggesting his presence in Paris, is clearly symptomatic of the fact that it’s happening again.
Matteo has not yet confirmed or denied his participation in Roland Garros, but in all honesty it seems highly unlikely to us that he will be able to play at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. First because, precisely, there is no evidence of his departure for France, second because we have learned that his social silence is more telling than any press release or post.
And the sirens, in light of that knowledge, have begun to sound wildly. Fans are wondering what has happened to him and what his intentions are, although aware that when he clams up it is because he is struggling to admit, unfortunately, the truth. Pending official communications, best not to make castles in the air, then: if all goes well, it will take the season on grass to see him back on the court.