26-Year-Old Italian Tennis Player Blasts Haters After His Shirtless Picture With Girlfriend Went Viral for All the Wrong Reasons

Matteo Berrettini is a player who has been both sensational and flattered to deceive in his career. The Italian player has achieved a career-high ranking of 6. He has also been in the headlines quite a few times. He currently ranks 23 as he fell to Mackenzie McDonald in round 2 of the Miami Open. However, the Italian is not letting adversity stop him. Recently, Berrettini went jogging with his girlfriend. A normal activity for a sports star, but Berrettini donned no top as he jogged through the streets of Miami, catching the eye of his critics. Many criticized the Italian star of not focusing on tennis. He recently hit back at such views.

Berrettini has been the center of major criticism as he went out of the top 20 after his early exit from the 2023 Australian Open. The Italian tennis legend, Nicola Pietrangeli, was not kind to him. He went to say that Berrettini is handsome, but his legs don’t move on court while stressing that Jannik Sinner is the best Italian player currently.

Matteo Berrettini goes shirtless and invokes the wrath of his critics!

According to the reports of justjared.com, the Italian player recently went out on a jog with his girlfriend after he was ousted from the Miami Open. He is still putting in effort to stay in perfect shape. However, he faced the heat from his critics as he jogged down the streets of Florida shirtless with Melissa Satta, who works as a presenter in The Pelican Hotel.

Berrettini’s image came under fire recently when Nicola Pietrangeli questioned Berrettini’s allegiances. Many made comments about the player’s focus straying due to relationships. However, Pietrangeli went all out when criticizing Berrettini. The young Italian player has recently fired back and told everyone else to mind their own business.

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Berrettini vehemently said that having a relationship was normal for someone his age. He added that twisting it as a professional distraction was a low blow.

“I’m having a romantic relationship like all the other kids my age. Normal, and here too I’m sorry that such a positive thing, which is a feeling after all, is turned around as a professional distraction,” Berrettini said to La Republica. He further stated, “Beyond the haters, I’m sorry for those who know about tennis: they are not constructive criticisms and I don’t understand the reasons.”

Berrettini went on to say that just becoming famous a little makes one the center of attention, especially if things go awry. He added that he has no doubts about himself or whatever he’s doing.

“The more exposed you become – not even famous – and you become the target of attacks, especially if things don’t go as you would like, or as people would like. Personally I have no doubts about what I’m doing. I don’t feel I’ve taken a different path from tennis. I’m the same guy as always.”

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Berrettini was the first Italian player to reach the final of the Wimbledon in 2021. The following year also saw great performances from him as he reached the semifinal of the Australian Open. However, he was absent for the Wimbledon and the French Open of 2022. Will he return to form this year?