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Berrettini’s bounceback earns him 2024 Comeback Participant of the Yr honours
Italian returned from damage in March
December 12, 2024
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By ATP Workers
Matteo Berrettini has been named Comeback Participant of the Yr within the 2024 ATP Awards after coming back from six months on the sidelines to win three tour-level trophies this season. The Italian’s friends chosen him for the honour after he rose from a low of No. 154 again into the Prime 40 of the PIF ATP Rankings.
“I am simply so joyful to win the Comeback Participant of the Yr award,” Berrettini mentioned in a message to followers. “Thanks very a lot for the assist. It was an incredible season, an incredible effort for me and my crew. Clearly so joyful for the outcomes that we achieved and I can’t wait to step on the court docket in 2025 to get extra success.
“Thanks once more to your assist. With out you guys, the followers, it would not be attainable.”
Nothing however love for the followers ❤️ @MattBerrettini | #ATPAwards pic.twitter.com/cQOS8SePu2
— ATP Tour (@atptour) December 12, 2024
After an injury-riddled 2023 season, which ended after the US Open as a consequence of a ruptured ankle ligament, Berrettini was set to return on the 2024 Australian Open alongside new coach Francisco Roig. However on the eve of his opening match on the Melbourne main, he was compelled to withdraw with a brand new foot damage.
He lastly got here again to competitors in March, when he reached the ultimate at an ATP Challenger Tour occasion in Phoenix in his first occasion again. After dropping a three-setter to Andy Murray in Miami, Berrettini re-announced himself on the ATP Tour by profitable the ATP 250 in Marrakech.
The Italian’s progress was as soon as once more slowed by sickness, however he returned from a two-month hiatus in fashion by reaching the Stuttgart last in June in his first occasion again. In July, he rattled off a 10-match win streak to assert back-to-back titles in Gstaad and Kitzbuhel. His three clay-court titles this season introduced his tour-level trophy rely as much as 10.
“Once you’re not in a position to do your job and what you love to do, then it is at all times a battle. So I am actually appreciating each second that I’ve to spend on court docket, to carry out and provides my greatest,” he advised the press on the Rolex Shanghai Masters. “I do know it is a course of. I did an incredible job this yr to construct up once more my rating, and I am feeling good.”
Berrettini completed the season with a 32-12 document and closed his marketing campaign by serving to Italy retain its Davis Cup title, notching essential singles wins within the last two rounds.
Marin Cilic and Kei Nishikori have been additionally nominated for Comeback Participant of the Yr within the 2024 ATP Awards. Nominees are decided by an Worldwide Tennis Writers’ Affiliation (ITWA) vote, with the winner chosen by gamers from the shortlist.
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