Rafael Nadal is the greatest fighter ever in tennis, says Berrettini
Matteo Berrettini spoke highly of Rafael Nadal ahead of their upcoming US Open semifinals match. The Italian player said: "I think he's the greatest fighter ever in this sport. It's unbelievable he's doing. I admire him, like, the way he's on the court, you know. Like his attitude is something that it's -- I think it's close to the perfection. He's always, like, 5-0, 40-Love down, he's always there. It's something that's not that easy to do. So bravo."
Berrettini has one of his first memories about tennis connected to Nadal: "I remember the (2005) finals in Rome against Coria, and I don't know how to say, they were, like, giving the match on the TV but not the -- for free, you know. It was, like, a channel that was about cartoons. I was young. These guys, I mean, six hours. Come on. I want to catch my cartoons (smiling). I remember that, yeah. It was unbelievable. Was unbelievable. Actually, I think also a lot of -- I was going to school, and a lot of my classmates, they actually, I think, from there they started to follow tennis more, to watch tennis more, because the match was free and they watched the match. They were, Oh, you're playing this sport then? I was, like, Yeah. I'm dreaming about playing these kind of matches. And now I'm here. So I'm happy."
from Tennis World USA https://ift.tt/2A4gxeZ
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