Filippo Volandri proud of his people. And reassures on Arnaldi

The words of Filippo Volandri after the success over Brazil

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Italy captain Filippo Volandri analyzed in a press conference the success over Brazil (2-1) on the first day of the Davis Cup group stage: "The goal today was to win and we succeeded. I am happy, proud of my players. I think we deserved to win the doubles as well, but Davis giveth and Davis taketh away".

In the first match Matteo Berrettini defeated Joao Fonseca: "Matteo played a perfect first set, in the second we expected Fonseca to raise the level, as è happened. I think it was good for Matteo to be on the court a little more, to feel that thrill of the tie-break. He was good to come back from 0-4. He is missing some match, but he is fine".

Next, Matteo Arnaldi beat Thiago Monteiro: "Arnaldi had a very good match. In my opinion there's been a drop-off when he è went to serve for the match. I have to give kudos to Monteiro, who did a super performance on serve and with his forehand. Then è obviously players are seen in the most important moments and Matteo è was more of a player, as Berrettini è was compared to Fonseca, a guy who will play" very well".

The Italian captain reassured about the physical condition of the Ligurian, who felt a pain in his ankle in the final: "Arnaldi’s ankle è ok, è just tired since the match è was very long. Fortunately, we have a day off and will be ready for the next match".