Matteo Berrettini ends his 2023 campaign as he fails to recover from his horrific injury suffered at the US Open, sets comeback timeline

Berrettini is still recovering and will make a comeback in the 2024 season.

Matteo Berrettini ends his 2023 campaign as he fails to recover from his horrific injury suffered at the US Open, sets comeback timeline

Matteo Berrettini (Credits: Napolista)

Matteo Berrettini, the Italian tennis ace, has had a tough season this year filled with injuries. He did not play most of the tournaments this time and in the ones that he played in; he was not able to have a successful run in those.

Berrettini recently released a post on his Instagram handle expressing his injury concerns and stated that he will not be able to participate in the ATP Finals at Turin this year. The Italian also mentioned: 

Despite training at a high level for a few weeks my medical team has advised it would be a risk to compete in the final tournaments of the ATP season.
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The 2021 Wimbledon finalist suffered an early exit from the Australian Open and took a break to return to the Mexican Open, where he again faltered during the early stages of the tournament. The Italian suffered a major injury during the second round of the US Open, which forced him to stay out of the Davis Cup as well.

Matteo Berrettini talked about using this time to work on his fitness so that he will be able to come back stronger in the next season. He mentioned:

It has been very difficult to accept this but I need to do what is best for next season and my long term career. I will take this opportunity to reset, re-build and start the year fully fit and healthy.

Matteo Berrettini states how this season has been a challenging one

The Italian has not given himself many reasons to rejoice after reaching the finals of the Wimbledon in 2021. This season has been an injury-plagued one for Matteo Berrettini and has taken a heavy mental and physical toll on his mind and body.

Matteo Berrettini
Matteo Berrettini (Credits: ATP Tour)

He stated in his Instagram post:

 It has been an extremely tough year but I’m looking forward to a full and successful season in 2024.

Berrettini also offered to stay in touch with the Davis Cup team and help the Italian team in any way he could contribute in.

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