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Former runner-up Matteo Berrettini will seek to continue his inspired run when he faces top seed Carlos Alcaraz in the fourth round of Wimbledon on Monday.
The Italian, 27, has been struggling with a recurring abdominal problem and was unsure if he would be fit enough to play at the tournament.
“I missed too many events in the last years. I couldn’t leave this place without trying,” said Berrettini.
“This place is special. I feel a kind of energy I don’t feel anywhere else.”
They will play fourth on Centre Court after Novak Djokovic’s match with Hubert Hurkacz was added to the schedule following its suspension just after 22:35 BST on Sunday with the defending champion leading by two sets.
Berrettini, who missed last year’s Wimbledon with Covid, said he had wondered if he would ever return to the form that saw him win Queen’s twice and reach the 2021 Wimbledon final.
“I really spent days in bed thinking about the tournaments that I missed, the injuries that I had, the sadness that I was feeling,” he added.
“I was like, ‘I have to come back and feel alive when I play’.”
Having seen his ranking drop from six to 38, Berrettini has enjoyed convincing victories over Alex de Minaur and German Alexander Zverev on his way to the last-16 match against Alcaraz.
Known for his big serve, the Italian won in a final-set tie-break when the pair met at the Australian Open last year.
“It’s going to be a great challenge but I’m so glad that I have this opportunity right now,” added Berrettini.
Victory for US Open champion Alcaraz would put the 20-year-old Spaniard – who replaced Berrettini as Queen’s champion this year – into the last eight at Wimbledon for the first time, having lost to another Italian, Jannik Sinner, at this stage last year.
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