Matteo Berrettini defended by Adriano Panatta: “I don’t have to give him advice.”

Yesterday’s great champion defends today’s champion in crisis.

Matteo Berrettini è the great disappointment of Italian tennis, which is enjoying its Davis Cup triumph in recent weeks. Indeed, the Roman has experienced a 2023 to forget, far from the 2021 Wimbledon final. Even è now plummeted to position 92 in the ATP ranking, but Adriano Panatta has decided to defend him from criticism.

"Berrettini does nothing in particular, I think that in his life even private there is nothing wrong,” Panatta told 'Il Riformista' -I think he has to do his life, and I do not have to give him any advice. He è calm, even if by necessity a little bit in the spotlight. His problems, unfortunately, stem from the various types of injuries he has suffered".

"His game lends itself to having physical problems,” Panatta added. “Berrettini plays with a lot of tears, in a very violent way. He probably has some body part moreù fragile, like abs or ankles. Then when you start to get injured moreù times in the same spot, recovering becomes more difficult. He però is 27 years old, è in full strength".