Matteo Berrettini made an exceptional journey in Melbourne, reaching yet another milestone in the history of blue tennis that had never seen a own player hitting the semifinal at the Australian Open.
This result also allowed him to become the first Italian ever to qualify for the penultimate act in three out of four Grand Slams. To crown all this, a new best ranking has arrived for Berrettini, who today occupies position number 6 in the ATP ranking.
A more than positive balance, therefore, that of the experience in Australia, as confirmed by his coach Vincenzo Santopadre at OASport.it: "Obviously it is an extremely positive balance. Arriving in the semifinals in this Grand Slam confirms the status reached by Matteo and his awareness as a high-level player. We can only be satisfied with what he has achieved and I am sure that he has come out better from this path."
Starting from the final, that is the match against the future winner of the Australian Open Rafa Nadal, Vincenzo Santopadre retraced the entire journey to Matteo Berrettini's Happy Slam: "He had a hard time getting into the game also because the shots with which had to hurt Rafa, or service and forehand, did not work also thanks to the Spaniard, perfect in the tactical management of the match.
Santopadre: "The backhand is the shot that has improved the most"In my opinion it is a speech of experience. Berrettini, in fact, was in the third semifinal of a Major and mentally it was not easy against someone who has a legendary palmares, then rewarded by the victory in this edition of the Australian Open.
He may have depended on the tension, which he relieved a little from the third set in which he reacted and expressed what he knows how to do. Then it was a pity in the fourth set for the management of some exchanges, because the inertia of the match seemed to have changed.
What is Berrettini missing to win a Grand Slam? Honestly, I believe that he already has all the chances, maybe acquire even more awareness in managing such an important match. He was two sets away from winning Wimbledon last year, so I don't think there are who knows what things he needs to do to achieve that.
In my opinion, the backhand is the shot that has improved Matteo the most in the last three years and also against Nadal, in the third set, we noticed winning responses and shots. In tennis, however, whoever scores the most points wins and he has his main weapons in the serve and in the forehand. It seems clear to me that, especially in the first two partials, his percentages with these fundamentals were below his standards."
Finally, a parenthesis on future plans: "We will go to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Acapulco (Mexico), then there will be the appointment with the qualifying round in the Davis Cup to precede Indian Wells and Miami. A busy schedule in which the priority will always be to safeguard Matteo's health to avoid further stops as in 2021 ".
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