Berrettini, he came down hard but told the whole truth: vitriolic statements, that’s the way it is.
The good news is that he is in Monte Carlo and training. He is not stationary, as we had feared at the time when rumors spread that he, like Jannik Sinner, was also in Turin and staying in the immediate vicinity of the J|Medical. A detail, certainly important, which did not allow, however, to dispel all doubts concerning Matteo Berrettini’s physical condition.
Many question marks remain about his problems and thoughts, and there are many who think that, at this point, he will also skip Roland Garros to focus directly on his season of the heart, the one played on grass. In the absence of official confirmations, however, it remains only a hypothesis: it will have to be the Roman tennis player, eventually, who will have to clear his reservations about his intentions.
The only thing certain, right now, is that this umpteenth stop will not have benefited the Roman champion. The 2021 Wimbledon finalist had just returned after a long break, had even won an Atp title, and then, again, fate got in his way. He had told of his depression, seemed to be getting back on track, so the hope is that this umpteenth mishap will not affect his convictions and willpower in any way.
What strength Berrettini: “An insult to mankind “
If there is one thing, on the other hand, that has always distinguished Berrettini, that is undoubtedly his willpower. The ability to get back up after every fall and come back victorious, as he had been in 2022 and as he has been this time as well; then he had won two tournaments on grass on his comeback, while this time he managed to impose himself in Marrakech despite the very long stop.
And it is about this, but not only this, that Fanpage wanted to talk to Berrettini’s mental coach, Stefano Massari, dwelling in particular on the pressures and criticism that today’s tennis players are forced to endure. “Today’s champions are subjected to pressures that those of 20-30 years ago did not even dream of because there is a paradoxical development of social – Massari’s words – It is not only the newspapers, but there is also more. A champion has to learn how to manage this, and it is very difficult.”
“We live in a wild world, in the worst sense of the word. Animals that live in the wild have their own purity, but this is a world that is anything but pure. One is in danger of being mauled, and even in this Matteo Berrettini has had great fortitude, because obnoxious things have been said and written against him. An insult to humankind: we are talking about the only Italian tennis player who made it to the final at Wimbledon, who was also able to pave the way for other colleagues. There is no gratitude towards him, but only bar opinions in the majority on social media. “