"Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic in a league of their own" believes Matteo Berrettini

One of the topics was the state of tennis ahead of the start of the new season and for the Italian, there are two players who are clearly a level above everyone else. Speaking on that he said:

“He (Medvedev) is really solid. He is moving really well, playing deep, serving well, returning. I mean, he is not missing at all. He is playing good, especially on hard court, he is probably, I mean, together with Novak, the best player that we have now. And yeah, he is really tricky to play."

Speaking further on Medvedev, Berrettini admitted:

"Personally, last year, I struggled to play against him, but I work hard to be ready for this match, so we will see. We have to think about our first match first, and then about the others. But yeah, obviously, Russia with Daniil and what they have done in the last year (2021), is going to be one of the toughest matches we have to play."

An interesting omission from those talks has bene Alexander Zverev who finished the year strongly at the ATP Finals. They might face Zverev in the ATP Cup with the German leading his nation at this event but Berrettini is mostly focused on their own team:

"I think, if it is possible, the (Italy) team is even stronger this year. So, for sure, our aim is to get (win) the title (ATP Cup). We know it is going to be a tough job. Every match is going to be difficult, but we believe that we can do it."