Casper Ruud consoles teary-eyed Matteo Berrettini after his emotional mid-match retirement at Italian Open

Casper Ruud consoles teary-eyed Matteo Berrettini after his emotional mid-match retirement at Italian Open

Casper Ruud endearingly consoled his ATP Tour colleague and rival Matteo Berrettini following the latter's mid-match retirement from the pair's third-round clash at the 2025 Italian Open.

First set point to point, until the decisive break put to mark by the opponent. Then in the second, which had to be that of the revenge, something wrong: a pain puts him back, his tournament ends badly. Tears in front of the audience of his Rome. Matteo Berrettini retired after the second game of the second set against the Norwegian Casper Ruud in the challenge valid for the third round of the Internationals. The blue that is reduced by an abdom…

"I felt a minor complication": Matteo Berrettini explains feelings after retiring in tears from Rome Open because of injury

Italy’s Matteo Berrettini had a day to forget when he was forced to retire from the Rome Open. The 29-year-old faced Norway’s Casper Ruud in the round of 32 of the ongoing ATP 1000 event in the Italian capital. The game ended in the second set when Berrettini failed to continue playing because of a...

12-05-2025 ✅ Tennis. Norwegian continues to fight for the title: At the clay tournament of the Masters category in Rome (Italy), the third round match ended, in which the seventh racket of the world, Norwegian tennis player Kasper... ᐉ football news ⚽ on UA-Football

Shortly after Jannik Sinner delighted the fans in Rome, a drama took place in Foro Italico. In the middle: local matador Matteo Berrettini.

He had been missing the Internationals for four years and, of course, he could not imagine his return like this. Matteo Berrettini retired from the tournament in the middle of the match against Casper Ruud,...