Berrettini Hits Back At 'Disrespectful' Claims About 'Distracting Relationship'
ATPSunday, 23 April 2023 at 13:00
Updated at Tuesday, 22 April 2025 at 20:03
Matteo Berrettini is experiencing the toughest period of his career but he's dealing well with it.
The Italian has been struggling with injuries as another setback forced him out of the upcoming Madrid Open, but he has to deal with other problems off-court as well. As any other fellow ATP professional, Berrettini also has a romantic life, and so he has a partner.
In the past, it was a fellow tennis pro, Ajla Tomljanovic, and back then, their relationship was talked about in superlatives, with many finding positives about the two being together.
Now, the Italian dates Melissa Satta, and for an unknown reason, the perspective of fans shifted dramatically. Over the past few weeks, Berrettini had to talk about his relationship multiple times, and even Satta opened up about the hate that she receives on social media because of their relationship.
Some people are making life difficult for these two, and Berrettini talked about it in a recent interview with Style Corriere.
"Considering a relationship as a distraction from the career is disrespectful. It would be like saying that a journalist writes worse articles because he has a wife and children: it doesn't make sense, does it?"
When talking about his relationship, Berrettini used a metaphor to explain his point of view better, and it all makes sense. In the same interview, the Italian also talked about how his body has shaped throughout the years to become the 'hammer' that he now is on the ATP Tour.
"When I look at my photographs from ten years ago, I really see myself as a child. I was very thin, long arms and all bones... Only from the age of 19 I started to put on muscle and in a short time I gained 10-15 kilos of muscle mass."
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