Matteo Berrettini outspoken about retirement: "Useless to risk"

E’ lasted only one set the match worth the round of 16 between Matteo Berrettini and Jack Draper. The Roman tennis player, in fact, felt the abdominal problem remedied during the previous match with Marcos Giron flare up. At that point, the Italian player, accomplice also the Internazionali d’Italia just around the corner, decided to withdraw as a precautionary measure. Speaking at a press conference, the 1996 class shed light on the reasons that prompted him to declare forfeit.

“I wanted to try to play despite the little problem of the other day, because these two days of rest helped me to unload a little bit’the area of the abdomen, which was very loaded and contracted. As soon as I started to feel pain in that area again, I didn&#8217t want to take any risks, because the game was not worth the candle and there was a big risk of getting very hurt” began the Roman tennis player.

“The last thing I want is to seriously injure my abs during the season. And especially to play against the best in the world I need my weapons at 100 percent and that was not there today. I will do everything to recover as best I can for Rome” added the 1996 class.

“I am sorry because I really care about this tournament, even today I was playing well despite everything. Next year we will try to do better” concluded Matteo Berrettini.