Berrettini looks back on 2022 season: "It was a weird year with Novak Djokovic not playing most of the Slams, but Carlos Alcaraz deserves the World No. 1"

Matteo Berrettini reflected on the 2022 season which wasn't very good to him but was to Alcaraz whom he called the deserved number one.

Alcaraz occupies the number one ranking in the world currently and will be the player on the top spot when 2023 begins. Nobody would argue that Djokovic is probably still the best player in the world however Alcaraz deserved the best spot after his amazing year and Berrettini certainly agrees:

"It feels unbelievable if you think about it, what he [Carlos Alcaraz] achieved in such a short time. I remember playing him in Australia at the beginning of the year and I played him Rio as well, and I felt he is a great player but what he did is still impressive for his age. The physicality he already has and everything, also mentally it’s not easy to deal with everything that he dealt with, so it’s impressive."

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He added:

"At the same time we know that tennis it’s really tough, but it’s not impossible, we all know we can play our best tennis, I have to say it was a weird year with Novak not playing most of the slams, it was kind of a little weird. But Carlos deserves the world No. 1."

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