ATP Tokyo, Matteo Berrettini without peace: forced to retire due to a new abdominal problem
ATP Tokyo, Matteo Berrettini without peace: forced to retire due to a new abdominal problem
Another stop for Matteo Berrettini . After winning the first set against the Frenchman Arthur Fils in the round of 16 of the ATP tournament in Tokyo, the Italian tennis player has retired . Berrettini asked for the intervention of a physiotherapist for a problem with his abdominals , then the Italian tried to return to the court but after a few points in the second set he gave up. His conditions will have to be checked in view of the next appointments and the Davis Cup finals in Malaga (scheduled from 19 to 24 November).
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Berrettini stops again
There is no peace for Matteo Berrettini. A year and a half later, the problem with his abdominals has returned . In fact, throughout the first half of 2023 , the Italian tennis player had been limited by a chronic injury that had emerged during the Monte Carlo Masters 1000. An injury that had relapsed, as happened (in the same year) in June at Queen’s . 2024 had not started much better: then the sudden rise in the ATP rankings and the rebirth . Physical and mental relapses: ” I no longer recognized myself . At a certain point I was stuck in a loop in which I thought that to get out of a situation I would have to be inflexible with myself”. And at the best moment, Berrettini has to stop once again . With the Malaga finals that, more than ever, are so distant in his mind. Last year he experienced them as a spectator: now, this new injury could reserve the same fate for him.
