Matteo Berrettini, in addition to the damage also the mockery
ATP Brisbane, Matteo Berrettini defeated by Jordan Thompson
Matteo Berrettini's 2025 season begins with a defeat: despite a good start, with a first-set win against Jordan Thompson in the first round of the ATP tournament in Brisbane, the Roman made a comeback and è was forced to surrender after two hours and a quarter of play, with the match thus ending 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in favor of the Australian.
It's a defeat, that of Berrettini, which will leave an aftermath in view of the Australian Open: staying out of the top 32 in the world, Berrettini will not be seeded in the first slam of the season and therefore risks a decidedly unfavorable draw, with the possibility of meeting a top player already in the first round.
Therefore, the possibility of a remake of the derby with Jannik Sinner, who will instead start as number 1 in the seeding in Melbourne, cannot be ruled out either, as it happened in the second round of the 2024 Wimbledon tournament: the two gave life to an exciting Italian derby, which ended 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 2-6 7-6(4) for the South Tyrolean, leaving the Roman player with not a few regrets, given the level of his game.
After the other matches played Monday in Brisbane, the American Alex Michelsen, Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi, Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan, Nicolas Jarry of Chile, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, and Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic, in addition to Thompson, have also taken out the pass for the round of 16. Another Italian, Matteo Arnaldi, remains on the roster, committed Tuesday in the first round against another Australian, Alexei Popyrin.
