Berrettini is the first Italian to reach the Wimbledon final

Matteo Berrettini opens a memorable Italian sports Sunday in London. Before the Squadra Azzurra footballers want to become European champions against England at Wembley, Berrettini can secure the first Italian title at the grass classic in Wimbledon (15 p.m.).

The 25-year-old from Rome moved into the final on Friday with a four-set win against Poland's Hubert Hurkacz - there had never been a final with Italian participation at the legendary Grand Slam tournament, either for women or men .

Berrettini needed a good two and a half hours at 6:3, 6:0, 6:7 (3:7), 6:4 to reach his first final at a Grand Slam tournament. A few fans then jokingly sang the football anthem “Football's coming home”. “The best tennis day of my life” Matteo Berrettini “I'm at a loss for words, it'll take me a few hours to process this,” said the proudly smiling Berrettini. “I played a great match. I never dreamed of it because it was too much. This is the best day of tennis in my life so far.”

The 24-year-old Hurkacz, for his part, missed out on becoming the first Pole to reach the men's final after previously had ended the hopes of eight-time champion Roger Federer . Berrettini meets in the final Novak Djokovic of Serbia, who beat Canadian Denis Shapovalov in three sets.

The 15.000 spectators on the completely filled Center Court initially saw a one-sided first semi-final on Friday. In the duel between two 1,96 meter long players, Hurkacz was unable to match his brilliant performance against Federer. The world number 18. made too many mistakes and couldn't take advantage of his few opportunities. After barely an hour, Berrettini, who was playing almost perfectly, was 2-0 ahead. After that, Hurkacz got better going and avoided the quick end with a strong tiebreak. However, he lost his serve game immediately afterwards, and the strong serving Berrettini brought this lead to the finish.

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Berrettini is the first Italian to reach the Wimbledon final

Matteo Berretini wrote Italian sports history on Friday afternoon. He was the first player from the boot state to make it to the final of the most important, most traditional and richest tennis tournament in the world.

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