At 28 years old, Matteo Berrettini has gone through many ups and downs throughout his career on the ATP circuit. Due to injuries, the Italian is no longer that serious threat to the main tennis stars, especially at Wimbledon.
However, recently he has been feeling better and better on the track. In fact, he was an important part of Italy’s victory in the 2024 Davis Cup. In fact, his efforts have been rewarded with the nomination for “New Player of the Year”, along with Kei Nishikori and Marin Cilic.
Now, Berrettini has made headlines after revealing who his favorite tennis player was as a child, when Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer competed face to face. “My brother (Jacopo Berrettini) always chose [Novak] Djokovic, and I to Roger [Federer]”, he reveals in statements collected by The Tennis Gazette.
“We played for hours at home, with balloons, with small rackets, big ones, it didn’t matter, we were just having fun. We didn’t start in the right way, but luckily we were able to change this,” Berrettini added.
It is normal for Matteo Berrettini to feel that he sees himself more reflected in Roger Federer. Their favorite surface is grass. In fact, thanks to Carlos Alcaraz’s victories in the last two editions of Wimbledon (2023 and 2024), Federer remains the tennis player with the most titles at the All England Club in history, with 8. Djokovic remains with 7. Yes Had he beaten the Spaniard in the two most recent finals he would have already been 9.
Returning to Matteo Berretini, the Italian has managed to be the third tennis player in all of 2024 who has won the most titles. With triumphs in Morocco, Switzerland and Austria, the Italian is only surpassed by his compatriot and world number 1, Jannik Sinner, and the aforementioned Carlos Alcaraz. Furthermore, Berrettini has managed to rise to 34th position in the ATP Rankings at the end of the year.
