Berrettini is a great player and a strong opponent for Sunday

[InsideOut900]

I think we can all set out differences aside and agree with it for once.

Right Nadal fans?

Spoiler

Right Fed fans?

Spoiler

 

[Mediterranean Might]

Unironically yes, there's a reason he made the final. Huge serve, huge forehand, great grass court game backed by results in the last couple grass seasons.

 

[Nadal15thslam]

Yes, BerreGOAT in 4. Make it happen. Last good match Djokovic played was against Anderson.

 

[Jonesy]

He improved big from that time. Taking a set from Novak at a surface that doesn't reward one of his biggest weapons just shows his results aren't a fluke. He is seeking revenge for RG.

 

[TearTheRoofOff]

We'll see on Sunday if he's a strong opponent for Sunday, I guess.

 

[FlamingCheeto]

He's a +370 underdog which means he'll be lucky to get one set LOL

 

[Kralingen]

Thing with Berrettini is if he has a 75% first serve kind of day then there’s very little Djokovic would be able to do on most of his service games. His game is huge, he’s an intimidating and confident player. So he honestly could shock the world and do it.

But you just feel that on a BP here and there Djokovic will be able to get one back, and once it’s a neutral rally I just don’t see Berrettini winning those crucial points. Not with the BH and movement limitations the big guy has.

 

[top10]

Berrettini will come out firing on all cylinders and will most likely get ahead and may win the first set.
But…once Novak settles and start guessing his serves…
Long story short - Novak in 4

 

[Antonio Puente]

Amazing accomplishment, if Djoker can win it. He's certainly being tested.

 

[TimHenmanATG]

He is the in-form grass player on the planet.

Whilst football will be coming home later that day, Italians can at least draw comfort from the fact that they will have a worthy champion in one of the GOAT events in global sport.

 

[Deleted member 771911]

Agreed.

 

[topher]

Funny all the supposedly weak opponents from Rafa’s oft memed USO draws have ended up being strong opponents when they play Fedovic in slams and slam finals.

Rafa just lucky like that I guess, kinda like being born between two GOATs and still winning 20 slams. Lucky guy, must be Irish or something

 

[SonnyT]

Berrettini is going to be a fine player, a future #1. He's like a servebot with, not acceptable, but excellent groundstrokes. I had never really watched him play, I can't believe how good he is.

But, you know, Djokovic is going to test him mentally. And Berrettini, in his first Slam final ever, will probably fall down on that score.

 

[Phoenix1983]

Let's hope he does it.

 

[MeatTornado]

Berrettini seriously could win Wimbledon if someone would just teach him how to hit a good slice.

 

[DRII]

Funny all the supposedly weak opponents from Rafa’s oft memed USO draws have ended up being strong opponents when they play Fedovic in slams and slam finals.

Rafa just lucky like that I guess, kinda like being born between two GOATs and still winning 20 slams. Lucky guy, must be Irish or something

Preach!

 

[DIMI_D]

DJOKO wants a Berrettini OPEN

 

[TennisFan3]

Berrettini seriously could win Wimbledon if someone would just teach him how to hit a good slice.

And how to hit a backhand, how to move faster and defend better and to also have a bigger brain and develop some mental cojones.
But If If If...

 

[Odvala]

In 2019 WF Djokovic got his first break point in 4th set vs Fed and we all know how that story ended. Berrettini is just a slightly better version of 2018 Kevin Anderson.

 

[BGod]

Thing with Berrettini is if he has a 75% first serve kind of day then there’s very little Djokovic would be able to do on most of his service games. His game is huge, he’s an intimidating and confident player. So he honestly could shock the world and do it.

But you just feel that on a BP here and there Djokovic will be able to get one back, and once it’s a neutral rally I just don’t see Berrettini winning those crucial points. Not with the BH and movement limitations the big guy has.

Novak in Wimbledon tiebreaks since 2018 is 6-1. Funny enough that 1 was against Hurkacz in 2019.

 

[mwym]

In 2019 WF Djokovic got his first break point in 4th set vs Fed and we all know how that story ended. Berrettini is just a slightly better version of 2018 Kevin Anderson.

Analogy too complex for kids to grasp.
Ladies might not agree on slightly, though.

Novak in Wimbledon tiebreaks since 2018 is 6-1. Funny enough that 1 was against Hurkacz in 2019.

Kids call it luck. Esp the kid who lost 3 of them in a single match.

 

[MeatTornado]

And how to hit a backhand, how to move faster and defend better and to also have a bigger brain and develop some mental cojones.
But If If If...

 

[TennisFan3]

You can if you're Novak Djokovic apparently. Dude's 20 slams and no signs of stopping..

 

[kishnabe]

Berretini was cracking 3 digit forehands to make set 3 and 4 at RG against Novak.

He needs to redline and make Djokovic go insane.

 

[bnjkn]

Gotta break that wall. It will look unbreakable but Berry must keep hitting big until it crumbles after 5+ hours.

 

[mwym]

Berretini was cracking 3 digit forehands to make set 3 and 4 at RG against Novak.

He needs to redline and make Djokovic go insane.

He needs to redline for 3+ hours, though. While running around on BH side like insane Duracel bunny, or Djokovic.

Gotta break that wall. It will look unbreakable but Berry must keep hitting big until it crumbles after 5+ hours.

Esp with his lethal BH? Or he will run around for 5+ hours?

 

[Sunny014]

Guys, I have a small doubt.

Is this member @Yugram banned or is he still an active poster?

 

[Third Serve]

It’s pretty funny considering who was interviewing him.

 

[Third Serve]

Guys, I have a small doubt.

Is this member @Yugram banned or is he still an active poster?

He was banned but he somehow managed to sneak his way back in. Pretty surprising honestly. Never seen that happen before I think.

 

[Sunny014]

He was banned but he somehow managed to sneak his way back in. Pretty surprising honestly. Never seen that happen before I think.

Yeah, that's why confirmed.
Because somewhere in another old post I found a comment of his and when I clicked on his id, I saw it viewing this post 50 minutes back, so I was wondering how was that possible

 

[bnjkn]

He needs to redline for 3+ hours, though. While running around on BH side like insane Duracel bunny, or Djokovic.



Esp with his lethal BH? Or he will run around for 5+ hours?

He's probably toast, you know.

 

[BeatlesFan]

Great grass court game....

Hell yeah! Matteo ruthlessly exposed a 38 year old mug and destroyed him here. The greatest grass court game possibly ever. 20 straight Wimbledon's for Berrettini, starting Sunday.

 

[Hitman]

Sure, why not?

 

[Lleytonstation]

I think we can all set out differences aside and agree with it for once.

Right Nadal fans?

Spoiler

Right Fed fans?

Spoiler

Absolutely not.

 

[Hamnavoe]

Hell yeah! Matteo ruthlessly exposed a 38 year old mug and destroyed him here. The greatest grass court game possibly ever. 20 straight Wimbledon's for Berrettini, starting Sunday.

Do you think a match from 2 years ago in which Berrettini was injured, such that he played just once in the two months following the tournament, has more relevance to his grass game than the title he won at Queens two weeks ago and the 6 consecutive matches he has won this week?

 

[am1899]

“Berrettini is a great player and a strong opponent for Sunday”

 

[Mediterranean Might]

Hell yeah! Matteo ruthlessly exposed a 38 year old mug and destroyed him here. The greatest grass court game possibly ever. 20 straight Wimbledon's for Berrettini, starting Sunday.

Surely you must know two years is plenty of time to improve for someone his age, and that he has. No doubt Matteo would've bageled Federer this year just like Hubi did

 

[Nadal15thslam]

Nadal at 25 yo- 10 GS, career grand slam.
Berrettini at 25 - 0 GS, first GS final

 

[Jokervich]

If he plays Federer, he's a strong player. If he plays Djokovic, he's a weak player and this is a weak era.

^ That's the logic Federer fans use

 

[Third Serve]

Nadal at 25 yo- 10 GS, career grand slam.
Berrettini at 25 - 0 GS, first GS final

Berrettini is 25? Wow. Thought he was like two years younger.

 

[PilotPete]

Let's hope he does better than Tsitsipas.

 

[Nadal15thslam]

Let's hope he does better than Tsitsipas.

I like what you did here. That means Berr will win

 

[The Guru]

Berrettini is 25? Wow. Thought he was like two years younger.

He was a late bloomer hence why his somewhat promising 2019 was memed and not taken seriously since he was already at an age where we would expect him to have results. He’s definitely exceeded expectations for who we thought he was this year.

 

[zagor]

He's a decent opponent, wouldn't call him strong. It doesn't matter all that much at the end of the day, you can only play who's across the net.

 

[Winners or Errors]

He’s no Mal Washington.

 

[Winners or Errors]

Hell yeah! Matteo ruthlessly exposed a 38 year old mug and destroyed him here. The greatest grass court game possibly ever. 20 straight Wimbledon's for Berrettini, starting Sunday.

That’s a little unfair, and he’s considerably better this year. We’ll see just how much better on Sunday.

 

[Subway Tennis]

Can Berretini win? Maybe. We gonna find out, no?

 

[Sephiroth]

I feel like these threads are always made about Novak's opponents for them to only lose in straight sets later on

 

[zagor]

He’s no Mal Washington.

Well Krajicek also beat some dude named Sampras in the tourney so i reckon it was still a solid draw.

 

[bnjkn]

Shapo was strong too.