Matteo Berrettini confesses, “Something I’ve wanted to do for years.”

The words of Matteo Berrettini after the victory with Novak Djokovic

Matteo Berrettini expressed all his joy after his two-set victory over Novak Djokovic in the first round of the Doha ATP 500: "Beating Novak è one of the things I aspired to do for years. I have played against him in some of the biggest tournaments in the world, è it was an honor to share the court with him even though I would have liked to win at least one of those matches".

"I worked very hard to come back here and at this level, all the work done in the last months paid off, today it è showed – added the Roman after the match -. I just missed playing matches, especially like this one. And the most important thing è that I enjoyed every moment". This is how Matteo Berrettini commented on his first career win against Novak Djokovic, the tenth over a Top 10".

"Novak è a champion, è always ready to come back and you saw what è happened on the first match point. In those moments you just have to think about winning the next point and è that is what I did" concluded Berrettini who closed the match on the second match point.

The Italian will be back on court Wednesday for a place in the quarterfinals against Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands, who beat German Jan-Lennard Struff with a double 7-6.