Tennis, Berrettini knocked out in Vienna but qualified for the Finals: “Not even in dreams” | News
Matteo Berrettini, despite the knockout on his debut in the ATP 500 in Vienna, he is qualified for the second time (after 2019) in career at Atp Finals: “I hadn’t dreamed of it, it was something too big, but now it’s happening, I want to do my best“. The certainty of being able to access the Olympic Stadium in Turin from 14 to 21 November next came after the 7-6, 6-3 suffered by Alcaraz and the simultaneous first-round defeat against Pole Hubert Hurkacz, beaten by Andy Murray.
“2020 has been a difficult year for me, on and off the pitch. I’m about to play my second Finals here and I can not believe. I always have to where I started “explained the 25-year-old from Rome.” When in 2019 they told me that the Finals could be in Turin, I remember that the mayor of the city told me: ‘See you in Turin’. And I: ‘Yes, okay’. Then I qualified for London and now I’m qualifying for Turin. I just can’t describe how happy I am. I hope the country is proud of me“.
Berrettini joins the Russian Andrey Rublev, to number 1 in the world Novak Djokovic, to the US Open champion Daniil Medvedev, in Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and to German Alexander Zverev. Two places remain up for grabs for the Finals: they will be awarded in the last three weeks of the ATP tour season. Casper Ruud, Hubert Hurkacz, Jannik Sinner and Cameron Norrie.
DAVIS, FIRST CALL FOR SINNER AND MUSETTI
Matteo Berrettini, Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Sonego, Fabio Fognini and Lorenzo Musetti are the five tennis players that the Italian coach, Filippo Volandri, has called up in view of the Davis Cup Finals, scheduled from 25 November with the group stage (Italy will be on stage at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, the other locations are Innsbruck and Madrid) until 28 November, with the quarter-finals starting the following day. For Sinner and Musetti this is the first call. Italy was drawn in group E in the company of United States and Colombia and the calendar foresees for the blues the debut on Friday 26th against the USA team.