Matteo Berrettini despondent after defeat: "I’m tired"

Matteo Berrettini commented on the loss to Kamil Majchrzak in the first round of Wimbledon in a press conference. “We had trained together on Wednesday and I expected a good level – he began -He played a solid match. Congratulations to him, he played a good game”.

“The match is just over, maybe I should wait a moment to express myself – added the Roman -. But tennis has been quite complicated for me in the last few weeks. I think on the court you have noticed that. I feel sorry for the people who helped me to get here, everyone who from the physical side helped me and not only that. Honestly though, this is not the way I want to be on the field. I need to take some time and think about my future because this is not the way I want to be on the field”.

“The problem? Well, I didn&#8217t get a chance to play with a professional until last Tuesday. From a certain point of view I was surprised at the level I have. I have to find a different way to be on the court, though, because it is starting to get a little bit’heavy. My team thought that maybe I would feel better here, but it didn&#8217t work out. I have to take a few’ days”.

“Physically I didn–t even feel that bad– explained the Blue -What hasn’t been there is my usual attitude, the one that has characterized my career. It has been a difficult few weeks. So many downs, so many moments when I had to decide whether to try or not. Fallout after fallout, it has been complex. Basically I am a little bit’ tired, tired of always having to chase things. For that I need days because the way I am being on the field like this is not what I want. I feel sorry for the guys who are helping me and my parents, I couldn&#8217t even load up. I was flat. I hope it is just a misstep that I can turn”.

Closing on mental state: “Maybe I broke down there, too. Because of everything that happened before. Too many times I put the physical part in front of the mental part, I put more attention on the physical part to try to get back in without giving importance to how I was feeling in the while. But we are normal people who are put in front of decisions. And it is not easy when there&#8217s competition involved. Today I probably didn&#8217t feel ready to compete from a certain point on. And without that’energy there it&#8217s difficult. I don&#8217t really know what I have to do and what to expect. Normally I take the blame, but this time I feel that I am down and that is kind of normal given what has happened all these years. It&#8217s normal that one feels a little bit tired and needs time to reflect and figure out what to do”.