#berrettini atp

[vicsy]

Daniel Ricciardo and tennis – a masterpost (of sorts).

To start things off, here is a video of Daniel playing tennis that I think about way too often, especially lately, with the recent paddle mania that took over the paddock.

A few things I could note here, apart from the fact that Daniel himself said that if it wasn't racing, he'd go pro in tennis:

old school-ish (european) one handed backhand which is actually rather solid! Daniel said many times that he is a big fan of Federer (a true goat) and Daniel's technique here is pretty much imitating Roger's smooth and satisfying backhand strokes.

it is just a couple of hits but ball placement court wise in not bad - all past the half court mark, down the line, then cross court and close to the baseline.

his movement on the court itself comes off a bit wonky in comparison to regular players but I do like how he attacks the short ball (even if he swings a bit too wide but it still works).

Some assortment of interesting facts:

Apart from his love for Roger Federer, Daniel was a big Andre Agassi fan.

In 2021 Daniel and Lando stayed up to watch British teenage tennis player Emma Raducanu (who is an avid F1 fan and her fave driver is Daniel) win the US Open, her maiden grand slam tournament. This was right before the win in Monza and McLaren 1-2.

In 2020, Daniel took inspiration for his "Equality" face mask from the four time grand slam winner Naomi Osaka and called her a "strong voice" (which she rightfully was). Lewis Hamilton also considered Naomi a great inspiration in raising awareness of several social issues.

When Daniel was a kid, he would smash his racquet if he lost (that's so real of him and i do that too):

Ricciardo is widely regarded as motorsport’s nice guy. But when does the mongrel come out? "I’m a born competitor. As a kid I was a sore loser. If it was a tennis match, I’d smash a racquet or something," he said, laughing. (source)

Once Daniel was playing with his cousin and apparent he got a little outplayed, so in retaliation Daniel hit his cousin point blank with a tennis ball (which hurts A LOT). His cousin cried and then Daniel's dad gave him "a clip across the ear". Daniel also talks about it in one of the Grill the Grid videos. (big thanks to @go-daniel for finding the article and the video to back this story up!)

Daniel is childhood friends with Marcus Stoinis (an Aussie cricketer) and they grew up together playing tennis, driving to Dunsborough south of Perth and they would play tennis together for the whole day, practically hogging the court. (via this post)

Now, to the photos!

Carlos and Daniel playing a tennis match in 2013. Daniel won 6-3 2-6 7-6. It's from Daniel's old twitter post.

Daniel and Jannik Sinner in Piatti Tennis Center in 2020. Jannik is an Italian darling and current world number 3 on the steady rise to the top (i love my carrot boy so much).

Daniel on court.

Daniel attending semifinals of Wimbledon 2021.

Daniel with Juan Martín del Potro during Miami 2023 Grand Prix. Del Potro, now retired, was a prominent tennis player from Argentina, a "gentle giant" and he is also a fan of Fernando Alonso.

Daniel with Matteo Berrettini (and Francesco Carrozzini in the middle), Italian tennis player, current world number 142, during Met Gala 2023 (the way i yelled when this photo dropped omg).

It is all I have managed to gather for now but I will update if I stumble upon something new.

[saragarnier]

Hi, can you please write something about jannik being a jeleous boyfriend (not red flag😂)? Thank youuuu

Jealousy

summary: Jannikh as always been a jealous boyfriend in a good way

Pairing: Jannik Sinner x reader

warning: none, maybe bad english

A/N: i'm sorry if it took a long time to write it, i had few ideas and i didn't know which one was better. i really hope you enjoyed it

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Jannik was the one person who would have done everything he could to make everyone around him feeling good and happy; he was the one person who would have done everything to make everyone smiles around him. He was always so kind and gentle, he was always open to help everyone who needed it and it was like that even with you. Everyone would have noticed the good person he was just seeing him on the tv, how respectful he was with his opponents and with the referee, even if they weren’t respectful as he was.

One thing, however, that no one else except you knew, was that he was a jealous person, really jealous.  Not in a bad way, he never tried to impose himself on you, he never told you what to do, what to wear or how to behave; he was respectful with you, and he let you choose for yourself, even if, sometimes, he did not agree.

Sometimes you just messed around with him on purpose, trying to make him jealous just for the fun of it; you loved seeing him jealous when someone else tried to flirt with you, you loved the way he just reached you as soon as he noticed, marking his territory, and making clear that you were his. You just loved that because you knew that he was jealous in a good way, in a cute way. He wasn’t like he didn’t trust you or anything like that, he just wanted to be sure that everyone else knew that you were his girlfriend, he wanted to make sure that everyone knew that they didn’t stand a chance with you, since you were taken.

When you argued, even for the smallest thing, you used to make him jealous on purpose, just to messed around with him, that day, was one of those occasions.

You argued just few hours before, when he refused to show you what he was actually hiding from you; you discovered that when you exited the bathroom after the shower and when you saw him hiding something in his pocket immediately. You tried to ask what it was, but he didn’t tell and that made you curious about it. What was he hiding from you? Why was he hiding something in the first place? You were together for four years after all and he never hided anything from you, like you did with him after all. You were always sincere to each other, and you just couldn’t understand for what reason he was starting to hide things from you now, after all those years together.

You tried to discovered what’s that all about, but he didn’t tell you, he just kept saying that it wasn’t nothing important and he ended the discussion like that, telling you to get ready. You sighed, but you had no time to argue with him any longer, that’s why you got ready, wearing your dress and fixing you hair and your make up.

There was this dinner with most of the Italian tennis player and you just couldn’t miss it, even if you lost all the desire to accompany your boyfriend after the discussion you had, especially since you were left with no explanations. When you arrived at the dinner, that was obviously formal, you were by Jannik’s side, and you stayed with him while he greeted everyone he knew. You kept biting your lips, smiling softly at people you didn’t know trying to see if someone you knew arrived.

Then, finally, you saw Lorenzo Musetti with his girlfriend, Veronica.

“I’ll be right back, Jan.” You said, leaving him alone with a man you didn’t know. He followed you with his eyes all the way towards Veronica and Lorenzo and he immediately sighed in relief, worried that you were still angry at him and that you weren’t feeling good about it. He was relieved to know that you went to talk to Veronica, since he perfectly knew that she was one of your closest friends.

He looked again at the person he was talking to, while you greeted Lorenzo and Veronica with a smile.

“Hi beautiful!” Veronica said, smiling and hugging you at once. You smiled back, hugging her and also Lorenzo with a warm smile.

“Hi, how are you, guys?” You smiled back, looking at them. “Parenthood suits you.”

“Thank you, Y/n.” Lorenzo smiled, taking his girlfriend’s hand, and caressing it gently.

“How’s Ludovico?” You asked, smiling even more when Veronica took out her phone and showed you some photos of their child, that was growing faster then expected. “God, he’s beautiful.”

“Thank you, y/n.” They both smiled back, then Lorenzo looked around, trying to find Jannik. “Where’s Jan?”

“He’s talking with someone back there.” You pointed him, watching as Lorenzo kissed his girlfriend’s cheeks before walking towards your boyfriend. You sighed when you met Jannik’s gaze, looking immediately away and catching Veronica’s attention.

“Are you guys okay?” She asked politely, looking at you and placing a hand on your arm when she noticed how sad and concerned you looked. “Hey, what happened, y/n?”

“We argued.” You whispered, shaking your head slightly. “It’s nothing bad but... I don’t know. It’s strange for us to argue about something this stupid. I saw him hiding something from me, but he didn’t want to tell me what that was and… I don’t know, Veronica. It’s not usual for us to hide something from each other.”

She listened to you, trying to reassure you as much as she could. She didn’t know what to say to you since she didn’t know Jannik as well as you, but she tried to make you feel better.

“Don’t worry, Y/n, I’m pretty sure that’s something stupid. If your worried, though, I can try to ask Lorenzo if he knows something.”

You nodded and gave her a small smile. “Thank you, I would really appreciate it.”

Veronica and you kept talking about everything for a few minutes, before Lorenzo called her; she smiled at you, apologising, then she walked towards his boyfriend to greet one of his friends; you stayed there, watching Jannik talking with another man you didn’t meet before, then you looked around and you recognized Matteo Berrettini few feet away. You looked back at your boyfriend, then you walked towards the brown man, still angry with Jannik to just pretend that nothing happened. You were still too upset to pretend that everything was okay, that’s why you reached Matteo, that was alone.

“Hi Matteo, what are you doing here all alone?” You asked, smiling when he offered you a glass of wine he took from one of the waiters that were walking around the room between the guests. You accepted it, thanking him and drinking it.

“Hi y/n.” He smiled, taking a sip of wine. “I’m drowning my sorrows in the wine, it’s not obvious?” He chuckled.

“Oh, well we can do that together if you want.” You whispered, looking at Jannik for just a moment. You met his gaze and you knew at once that he was starting to get jealous, seeing you but Matteo’s side and not his own.

“Problems in paradise?” Matteo asked, following your gaze and looking at Jannik too.

“Yeah…” you whispered. “And you? Why are you so sad?”

“Oh, I still have to elaborate the end of my relationships with… well my ex-girlfriend now.”

“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.” You whispered, placing a hand on his shoulders and trying to reassure him as well as you could. “If you need someone to talk to, count on me.”

Matteo smiled immediately and lean out to place a kiss on your cheeks, in a friend way. You definitely knew that he was just trying to thank you, but Jannik didn’t appreciate it at all, especially when you placed your hands on his shoulder, trying to reassure him. When you saw Matteo with his eyes glossy, you leaned out and you hugged him.

“Do you want to go out for a minute?” You whispered, knowing that, probably, he didn’t want to cry in front of people he didn’t know very well, in front of people that weren’t his friends.

“Yeah, maybe it’s better.” He said, drinking the last sip of wine before following you outside, where he hided his face between his hands, trying not to cry.

When Jannik saw you hugging him that way and when he saw you two going out together, he just couldn’t repress his jealousy anymore; he apologized with the people he was talking to, then he followed you outside, trying to find you in the dark of the night.

You were by Matteo’s side when Jannik found you; he looked at you from afar, while you trying to reassure Matteo with some hugs and caresses. You kept caressing his back, consoling him while he cried silently; he was broken inside and he needed someone by his side, he needed a friend and you wanted to be helpful for him. You didn’t notice Jannik at first, but you couldn’t care less about it while Matteo was crying.

Jannik didn’t understood t first what was happening between you two: he definitely knew that you weren’t cheating on him or anything like that, but he couldn’t help but be jealous of Matteo, because you preferred to by his side instead of your boyfriend’s. He knew you were still upset about what happened between you two and he thought that you were just messing around with him on purpose, to make him feeling jealous. And, if that was the case, it was definitely working.

Jannik wrapped an arm around your shoulder, leaving a kiss on your head and catching both your and Matte’s attention.

“Are you okay, love?” He asked at first. Then, when he noticed Matteo’s state, he got worried at once. “What happened, man?”

Matteo dried his own tears, trying to stop crying. He looked up at Jannik and tried his best to smile at him.

“Don’t worry, Jan… it’s nothing important.” He said, noticing Jannik’s gaze and his arms around your shoulders; he wasn’t stupid, nor blind, he knew that Jannik must have been jealous of him and that’s why he just smiled at both you and Jannik. “Thank you for your help, y/n. I really appreciate it. I’ll leave you alone now. Thanks again.”

Before you could even stop him from getting inside, Matteo was gone and only you and Jannik left.

“You’re a dick, Jan.” you whispered, adding some distance between you two. “You don’t have the right to be jealous this time, especially since you’re hiding something from me.”

“Y/n, please…” Jannik tried to explain himself, but you were right. You didn’t know the reason why he lied to you, and you have all the rights to be angry at him after all he did. He didn’t want to tell it to you like that, but he had no choice, he didn’t like to see you like that.

He put his hand inside the pocket, looking around to be sure that no one was nearby. When you were still arguing about everything that happened, Jannik knelt in front of you, with a small red box in his hand. He waited till you noticed what was happening and, when you did, you were left speechless.

“W-What… Jan?”

“I wanted to tell you after this stupid dinner, but I can’t wait, and I can’t deal with you being angry at me. I know that I had no rights to be jealous, but I’m jealous because I love you with all my heart. I wasn’t trying to hide anything from you, I just wanted to prepare a surprise, I wanted to surprise you. I can’t live another day without you being by my side. I want you to be my wife, I want you to be the love of my life permanently. I love you with all my heart, y/n. Do you want to marry me? Do you want to be my wife?”

You looked at him, tears streaming down your cheeks.

You were too shocked to answer him, and it made Jannik more nervous after every second. He looked at you, fear in his eyes, then you practically jumped on him, wrapping your arms around his neck.

“Yes!” You exclaimed, smiling through tears. “Yes, I’d love to be your wife.”

He put the ring on your finger, smiling when he saw that he got the size right.

“Thank God I got the size right.” He smiled, placing a kiss on your lips. “Veronica helped me with that.”

“What? She didn’t say anything when I told her that we argued!” You replied.

“Well, I asked her not to… it would have ruined the surprise, don’t you think?”

You nodded slightly, kissing him again and caressing his hair gently. “You’re right, but don’t you dare to hide anything from me ever again. I thought you didn’t trust me anymore…”

Jannik smiled again, shaking his head. “Don’t worry, babe. I won’t hide anything again from you, okay?

“You better not.” You smiled looking down at the ring with glossy eyes. “I can’t believe I’m becoming Mrs. Sinner.”

Jannik smiled again. “I can’t believe I’ll be your husband. I’m the luckiest man in the world.”

“I love you, Jan.”

“I love you too, my future wife.”

“Oh, shut up.” You laughed when he called you like that, even if you loved hearing that.

“What? I’ve only started. Wait ‘till be come back inside, I’ll present you as my fiancé and I can’t wait to make sure that everyone knows it.”

You smiled again. “So, you’ll stop to be jealous? Because I actually love to mess around with you and your jealousy.”

“Oh, trust me I know it. And don’t worry, I won’t stop to be jealous of my woman, even if she’s my wife.”

“Good to know:” You smiled, kissing him again.

[jabeur]

hello! i translated into english this episode of a series red bull is doing on young italian athletes where they themselves tell their stories, this one is the story of our matteo where he talks about the rough times he went through with injuries and depression and how he got out of it and his hopes for the future 🧡 this was posted on april 9 so it's pretty recent. hope you enjoy!

[kb9-ships-mistercriky]

I don't ship them, just a bit, but I have a theory.

Matteo was Jannik's first love (he's now with Carlitos). Matteo, on the other hand, woke up just now, too late, but he discovered that he loves Jannik. Too bad Jan is Carlitos' boyfriend!

This is my crazy theory

[thiemrossi]

Matteo Berrettini in Break Point: Ep. 2 Take the Crown

[friedpestochicken]

Matteos reactions 😭

[zingaplanet]

Rafael Nadal was a loyal companion to Roger Federer in the last day of his professional career. Although he shied away from the spotlight, his presence was constant, from playing alongside Federer in his last match to steadily supporting him for the rest of his retirement ceremony. Here are a few moments that the cameras missed:

Nadal comforted Federer silently from the back when the latter burst into tears after embracing his other teammates post-match.

During the ceremony, Nadal, who was highly emotional, stood at the back of his other teammates to grieve in private, avoiding the camera.

Post-match, Nadal moved his gear bag from the players' bench he shared with Federer to the team area, giving Federer the opportunity to enjoy his last moments courtside privately.

Federer afterwards went back to stand beside him, seeking comfort as both watched a tribute video to his career being played out.

After the highly emotional on-court interview, Federer, who's still struggling to control his tears, received another comforting embrace from Nadal.

Accompanying Federer on the bench, Nadal turned his face away when his partner began openly crying, equally moved to tears.

Federer held Nadal's hand in a gesture he later admitted as a silent thank you for accompanying him throughout the most difficult day of his career.

Nadal, once again choosing to stay behind his teammates, hid his face in his arms, weeping as he witnessed Federer embraced his family.

Nadal and Mirka Federer (Roger's wife) comforted each other and shared a supportive embrace.

At the end, Federer waited for Nadal, who was the last one in the stadium, to do his final walk off the court with him arm in arm.

Although Nadal later admitted he didn't want to cry or be on camera originally "because it was his (Federer's) moment", Federer only held it all in fond memories, saying he will never forget what Nadal did for him that day. Nadal, who was awaiting the birth of his child with his wife in the hospital, came out of his initial injury break, practiced intensively to prepare for their match, and flew out to London for one day just for Federer.

He was alongside Federer from his last practice, his last presser, his last preparation, to his last walk on and off court in a gentle silence, always there but never standing in his way.

For the pair who shared almost 20 years of life-defining rivalry, it was perhaps the only way of an end imaginable: a wordless comfort, an indescribable need to share the burden and lessen the unfathomable grief;

For it was one who left but two who buried a soul.

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"Some people say that the best stories have no words. (...) It is true that words drop away, and that the important things are often left unsaid. The important things are learned in faces, in gestures, not in our locked tongues.

(For) this is not a love story but love is in it."

-Jeanette Winterson, Lighthousekeeping

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Video source: suziemay212 on youtube

[schumi-nadal]

I created this little quiz if some of you are bored 🤭

Share your result 🥰

[vvingcolleen]

I asked my non-tennis friend to name ATP players Part 1 (gave her a list of last names and she had to guess first names)

[meowrenink]

sincere congratulations from Matteo 💙

Matteo won't miss any crucial moments in Jannik's career, as Jannik becomes the first Italian to reach a GS men's singles final after Matteo.

[it-feels-like-beautiful-madness]

(ATP Tour via Instagram)

[urfavnegronerd]

someone explain me the rules of futbol i dont understand what do the cards mean

i just want to feel sophisticated because what are American sports? very much grrah grrah boom i must learn soccer and tennis to be the rich mysterious auntie in training okay?

[stateofsport211]

Phoenix Ch R1: Matteo Berrettini [WC] def. Hugo Gaston 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 Match Stats

📸 ATP official website

It might have taken a while to get going for M. Berrettini, but the Italian wild card managed to get things under control as soon as he found his serve and groundstrokes combination back. Furthermore, M. Berrettini's backhand also worked perfectly in this match, especially in the last two sets while oftentimes balancing with the volleys when necessary, creating 13 break points thanks to his aggression despite H. Gaston having a 66% break point conversion rate while trying to apply his classic tricks.

On the other hand, M. Berrettini had an exceptional first serve winning percentage with 82%, 26% more than H. Gaston, aided by his 10 aces to get out of most troubles despite the first-set start to adjust himself for the play. Interestingly, even though H. Gaston double-faulted eight times, he still won 1% more second serve points than M. Berrettini with 51%, likely due to the latter's constant forehand rush earlier in the match.

In the second round, M. Berrettini will face the winner between eighth seed Arthur Cazaux or qualifier Adam Walton, which will be played today (local time). While this could be dubbed as the battle of the generations, this could be exciting to check how M. Berrettini's game fared to the current state of the Tour, especially knowing the potential of both players. Should be a fun one, with pressure points and their groundstrokes' consistency being predominantly tested!

[tennis-out-of-context]

[kb9-ships-mistercriky]

Why they do this to me (and to Carlos)? (because Carlos will do this to Jan thanks to Rafa)