Things are getting a bit ugly at Wimbledon, where tennis players are understandably upset and stressed by the long and frequent rain delays. Matteo Berrettini is opposed by his dear friend Lorenzo Sonego in the first round, and it will take three days for them to complete the match.
The Wimbledon organization is trying to do everything it can to make things happen, and apparently they stretched their efforts a bit too much during the match between Matteo and Lorenzo. The two Italian players were competing in the late afternoon when the conditions on the court were quite slippery. After Matteo Berrettini had a slip, he threatened the chair umpire to sue him if he got injured.
Berrettini e Sonego hanno ripreso il match sospeso ieri, ma si lamentano dell’erba scivolosa, sono nervosi, Matteo si tocca lo stomaco mentre organizzano un aperitivo con maleducate e un paio di roccette from Liverpool, di quella che piaceva a Van der Meyde #Wimbeldon pic.twitter.com/e0M2xSRnYs
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Matteo said: “We never fell, we started to fall right now. Why do you think it’s happening? Okay, so if I’m going to get injured, I’m going to sue you, okay? I know that you want us to play, you guys are late, we are late, we want to play as well. But I mean, if we’re falling everytime, it’s dangerous. Look what happened, he fell on set point.”
The match was later stopped after his opponent, Lorenzo Sonego, fell. The score 6-7 6-3 7-6 1-1 for Berrettini.
Matteo Berrettini in 2023
LWWWWWLLWW Currently ranked no.38, Berrettini played his last match on the 12th of June when he capitulated to world no.42 Lorenzo Sonego 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Stuttgart (draw).
At present, during this year Berrettini achieved a compiled 9-8 win-loss record. Matteo Berrettini’s best performance of the present season was reaching the final in Australia.
Lorenzo Sonego in 2023
Now the world no.42, Sonego played his last match on the 27th of June when he surrendered to world no.52 Zhizhen Zhang 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 1st round in Eastbourne (draw).
Until now, during this year Sonego owns a 17-17 match record.
Matteo Berrettini and Lorenzo Sonego squared off 4 times. Their actual record is 3-1 for Berrettini. Before, the last time they locked horns, Lorenzo Sonego won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Stuttgart (Boss Open) on the 12th of June 2023.
You can watch the highlights in the following video.
Matteo Berrettini |
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