Lorenzo Sonego sad for Matteo Berrettini

The words of Lorenzo Sonego

Lorenzo Sonego can’t enjoy his victory over Matteo Berretini, who left the court in tears in Stuttgart: “I’m not happy about the performance of a rival who is also my best friend on the circuit. I wish him well in the next tournament.”

“I played my best tennis, I was very focused and tried not to think that there was a friend on the other side of the net,” he added.

Matteo Berrettini, nicknamed “The Hammer” on the ATP circuit because of the power of his serve and forehand strokes, decided to go all in on tennis thanks to the valuable advice of his younger brother Jacopo, also a professional tennis player. Since the age of 14 he has been training with Vincenzo Santopadre, who is still his current coach.

Berrettini is considered the best Italian player ever on grass, being the only one to have reached the Wimbledon final in 2021. He also boasts the second-best ranking ever for an Italian tennis player, having reached the No. 6 position in the ATP rankings in January 2022.