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MILAN, 20 Jun: Matteo Berrettini is quietly confident he can win Wimbledon after retaining his Queen\u2019s Club title over the weekend to join an elite group of players and continue an impressive return from injury.
\nWorld number 11 Berrettini defeated Serbia\u2019s Filip Krajinovic 7-5, 6-4 in yesterday\u2019s final of the warm-up event for the grass court Grand Slam to claim his second straight title in London, a week after beating Andy Murray to the honours in Stuttgart.
\nThe 26-year-old Italian lost to Novak Djokovic in last year\u2019s Wimbledon final and is keen to go one better this year after bouncing back from a near three-month injury lay-off to win two tournaments in a row.
\n\u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019m the favourite as Novak and Rafa (Nadal) are always there; Rafa has already won two Slams and no-one expected him to win in Australia,\u201d said Berrettini in an interview with Sky Sport Italia broadcast today.
\n\u201cI don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m the favourite but I know I can do it, I can\u2019t pull the wool over people\u2019s eyes. My aim is to have a big tournament at Wimbledon and I hope it will be two intense weeks.\u201d
\nYesterday\u2019s victory meant Berrettini joined John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, Ivan Lendl, Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick and Murray as the only players in the Open era to win back-to-back Queen\u2019s titles.
\nBefore his two recent wins Berrettini had gone through a difficult few months, dropping out in Acapulco with abdominal problems in February and then missing the entire European clay court swing following hand surgery.
\n\u201cAfter a really good week in Stuttgart it would have been easy to not exactly take my foot off the gas but let my problems overwhelm me,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cInstead I found the right energy levels and to win such a prestigious tournament is really very special.\u201d (AFP)<\/p>\n
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