"To be complimented by him gives me goosebumps" - Berrettini on relationship with Federer

24-years-old Matteo Berrettini is currently the highest-ranked Italian in the ATP Ranking. Despite the young age, Matteo already played his first ATP Finals and also got one victory when he defeated Dominic Thiem. However, he lost to Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Now, he spoke about his relationship with Federer to Stats Perform.

"Before Wimbledon, I played Stuttgart and Halle. I won Stuttgart whose defending champions was Federer. In Halle, I met him and he complimented me. Before we only exchanged some hellos but to be complimented by him still gives me goosebumps. We didn’t speak during Wimbledon because we were in the same half of the draw, so no tips. But then he told me: ‘Congratulations for your grass season. Go on like this and you will go high.’ Then we met again in London for the ATP Finals. He was very kind because we chatted during the famous boat trip from the hotel to the arena. We chatted about the holidays and his plans. The relationship with all of them is so weird. I grew up looking up to them, you know. But the relationship is good, they are special," Berrettini said.

“Without a shadow of a doubt, Wimbledon is my favourite slam. I reached the US Open semis but I regard Wimbledon as the temple of our sport. I always say that in this place even people who are not experts or passionate about tennis, go there and get keen to be participating and playing. It is wonderful and its cancellation is very tough for us," said Berrettini.

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