Matteo Berrettini gave it his best against Djokovic in the
Wimbledon final but similar to Tsitsipas, he too failed to complete the upset.
Berrettini looked extremely dangerous after he was able to come back from 2-5 down to win the first set but Novak Djokovic never lost composure. The Serbian kept playing tennis and his level got better as the match went on. In the end he won in 4 sets to lift his 6th Wimbledon. After the match a dissapointed Berrettini said:
“Novak was better than me, as he is a great champion. He is right in the history of the sport and he deserves all the plaudits. I hope it’s not my last Grand Slam final. It’s such an honour to be here and it’s been a really great run the past couple of weeks and also at The Queen’s Club.”
Berrettini also reflects on his result at the last two Grand Slams highlighting his improvement:
“The most important thing for me is that right now I'm losing against the best players in the world. In Paris, I lost against him [Djokovic], and he won the tournament. In Queen's, I won, and then I lost against him again here. It means that my level is growing. It means my weapons and my tennis, in general, is growing. That's the right path. That's the right thing that I'm doing."
Asked what he needs to do in order to lift a Grand Slam trophy of his own he said:
“I just need matches like this. I just need experiences like this. That's what we said to my team. Obviously, also this kind of anger, disappointment that I have now, it's really helpful, is going to be helpful for the next events."