Tokyo Games: Wimbledon Finalist Matteo Berrettini Out Of Olympics With Injury | Olympics News
Tokyo Games: Matteo Berrettini has pulled out of the Olympics due to injury.© AFP
Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini said Sunday he was “devastated” at being forced to pull out of the Tokyo Olympics with injury as Italy’s 2018 Open Championship golf winner Francesco Molinari also withdrew with a back problem. World number eight Berrettini picked up the muscle problem in London where he became the first Italian to reach a Wimbledon singles final, losing in four sets to Novak Djokovic. “Representing Italy is an immense honour and I am devastated by the idea of not being able to play the Olympics,” Berrettini said on Instagram.
“Yesterday I underwent an MRI to check the injury to my left leg that I got during Wimbledon and the outcome was obviously not positive.
“I will not be able to compete for a few weeks and will have to rest. I wish all the Italian athletes a big good luck, I will support you from afar but with all my heart.”
The 25-year-old was spearheading an Italian tennis team of Fabio Fognini, Lorenzo Sonego, Lorenzo Musetti, Sara Errani, Jasmine Paolini and Camila Giorgi.
Molinari, 38, also spoke of his disappointment at missing out on the Games, having skipped the 2016 Rio Games because of the Zika virus.
“I’m trying to find the right words, but I can’t find them,” Molinari said on Twitter.
