A year after he became a sensation in his country as the first Italian to reach the men’s final, the 26-year-old is ready to go one better, he tells Simon Cambers
A year after he became a sensation in his country as the first Italian to reach the men’s final, the 26-year-old is ready to go one better
“It’s so special. That’s why it was so big last year, because people stopped me in the streets and told me: ‘The last time I watched a tennis match was 20 years ago, 30 years ago. And you made me watch the finals.’ “Last year I came here winning Queen’s and so I was feeling a lot of confidence but I wasn’t like, OK, I’m going to get to the finals. This year I feel like I can do it again.
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