“When injuries are coming, you’re always negative, and you don’t want to stop, and you are thinking about I could have done this, I could have done that, but at the same time, I’m looking at myself in the mirror right now, and I so proud of my career and what I’ve achieved,” he said. “Who knows me since I’ve been a kid knows that I’ve been getting injured since I was 12, basically.
“It’s kind of like part of who I am. If I have a big serve, big forehand, I also have this issue. I also have a resilient mind, and I always work hard to come back and … I just like to compete. I like to put myself in situations where most of the people would struggle a little bit and the tough forgets, the more I’m there. I’m just a little bit psycho, I think.
“Again, that’s what I like to do in the next years that I’m playing. I like to compete. I like to have fun with it. I like to win as many matches as possible.”
Berrettini will face No. 22 seed Arthur Rinderknech in the second round, in the hopes of claiming back-to-back major match wins for the first time since 2023.
