Follow us on Google Discover Matteo Berrettini has endured a pretty drab 2025 with injuries once again hampering him on the ATP Tour.
Berrettini returned from injury on the Asian swing in China, but it didn’t prove to be overly successful for the Italian.
Earlier this year, Berrettini was forced to withdraw from the US Open after losing in the first round at Wimbledon.
The tournaments in Asia were riddled with withdrawals and retirements, with Jannik Sinner’s cramp issue proving the biggest of the lot.
The ATP do appear to have some issues to resolve, and Berrettini has now echoed such a sentiment.
Photo by Antonietta Baldassarre/Insidefoto/LightRocket via Getty ImagesMatteo Berrettini calls for the ATP to make rule change
Daniil Medvedev took aim at an umpire during his match with Learner Tien at the Shanghai Masters, and it’s time for the ATP to act.
Berrettini has sided with all of the players who continue to bemoan some of the nonsensical rules that the ATP has in place at events not considered Grand Slams.
After beating Giulio Zeppieri in his first match at the Stockholm Open, Berrettini opened up on the conditions in Asia and asked the ATP to take action.
He said in his press conference: “During the Asian swing, I experienced conditions I’ve never experienced in the past. Hangzhou was actually hotter than Shanghai, but the tournament was smaller, so nobody knew about it. It was so hot in the first days, we couldn’t believe it. Luckily, they had a roof, and it was raining a lot.
“When conditions are that extreme, we (ATP Tour) have to do what the Grand Slams did and introduce a heat rule or something like that. We don’t want players getting injured or struggling like that. In the end, health comes first, but also the show, and if players don’t feel well, they retire. We don’t want that.
“Most people don’t even understand how different it can be to play even in the same tournament with just 5 degrees less or more.”
Berrettini shares how he’s feeling physically
The Shanghai Masters was the first Masters 1000 event that Berrettini has played since the Italian Open earlier this year.
He was beaten by Adrian Mannarino in the first round, and the Asian swing didn’t really prove successful for Berrettini, who only won one match at the Japan Open.
Still, it’s about getting more games under his belt at this stage of the year, and Berrettini will hope to head to Australia early next year with some match fitness and a clean bill of health.
On his physical condition, he said: “My body is feeling good. As long as I’m playing like this, running, fighting, screaming, I’m good. I’ve been in this sport for a long time, and my body is paying the bill now.”
At 29, Berrettini still has some time on his side to recapture the form that saw him reach a Wimbledon final in 2021 and also achieve a career-high world ranking of number six.