The pros are also getting started in the USA - with Matteo Berrettini
In just under a week, tennis professionals will start the show fights in the USA. Also present: US Open semi-finalist Matteo Berrettini .
by tennisnet.com
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May 02, 2020, 01:27 pm
Slowly, the tennis scene releases from the shock that has occurred due to the cancellation of the tournaments from Indian Wells. In Germany and Austria, national series for the unemployed professionals will soon start, and Patrick Mouratoglou will soon be offering top tennis again in his academy. Now the United States is following suit, rather four gentlemen who, according to the New York Times, will compete in West Palm Beach, Florida from May 8-10: Matteo Berrettini, Tennys Sandgren, Reilly Opelka and Tommy Paul.
Sandgren has already caused a sensation at the Australian Open this year and was just about to win against Roger Federer in the quarter-finals in seven ultimately awarded match balls. And he is so hot for a return to the tennis court that he would even be wearing a protective suit. Tommy Paul also showed in Melbourne, where Grigor Dimitrov was bowled out of the competition.
Berrettini is pushed by Tomljanovic
According to the world ranking list, the most prominent participant is Matteo Berrettini, the current number eight. The Italian, 2019 semi-finalist of the US Open and winner of the MercedesCup in Stuttgart, is currently training in Florida with girlfriend Ajla Tomljanovic. And apparently has problems with his general constitution. "I would have liked to have arrived here in better shape," Berrettini told the ATP website. “I don't have to play matches, so I don't have to be so strict about my diet. But it's very hot here and I'm working hard. I weighed myself a few days before and after training and then I lost four kilos. ”
Berrettini had to stay out for seven months in 2016 due to knee problems. But the current situation is far worse. "I'm ready now, but understandably the tour is not." Berrettini commented on training with Tomljanovic. “We practice together and it really helps that she is here. It pushes me to run more and more. I always trained with my brother, so I'm very happy that I now have someone at my side again. ”