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Italian tennis star Matteo Berrettini enjoyed playing at the Laver Cup and the team atmosphere of which he was around. Berrettini, ranked at No. 7 in the world, represented Team Europe at the Laver Cup. Team Europe claimed the most dominant win in Laver Cup history, beating Team Europe 14-1.
Besides Berrettini, Team Europe was also represented by Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud. "Obviously we're playing for ourselves where we are on tour but I think it's so nice to play for a team like this.
We more or less know each other since a long time. They give me motivation to improve. I leaarned a lot from Bjorn and Thomas. Thanks again for calling me, having me here," Berrettini said.
Berrettini won his lone singles match at the Laver Cup
On Friday, Berrettini recovered from a set down to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-7 (3) 7-5 10-8.
Agee the match, Berrettini admitted he didn't know how he pulled off a comeback win over Auger-Aliassime. "I don't know," Berrettini said, when asked how did he overturn the deficit against Auger-Aliassime.
Just fighting. I felt the match was really hard. You know, Felix was playing really good, not giving me anything, no mistakes, serving really well. I felt a different energy, to know that I'm playing for my team, not just for myself, for my family.
I felt great and they helped me a lot." On the other side, Auger-Aliassime admitted he was disappointed after losing a tight match to Berrettini. "Of course it's disappointing to lose. At the same time I think I have showed and reflected how much this team wants to win.
You know, it's only the start of the weekend, we've got a lot of matches ahead and I'm aire we are going to give it everything to win," Auger-Aliassime said.