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Italian tennis player Matteo Berrettini recently met with NBA superstar Luka Doncic during his stint in Miami for the second leg of the Sunshine Double.
Four-time NBA All-Star Luka Doncic, who represents the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA, was in attendance at the Miami Open and was spotted during Carlos Alcaraz's matches at the tournament.
Berrettini took to social media to share a picture of himself and Doncic together, posing with a Dallas Mavericks jersey the Slovenian presented to him. Donic, meanwhile, held a tennis racquet, supposedly gifted to him by the Italian.
"Basketball x Tennis, great to meet you @lukadoncic," Matteo Berrettini wrote on Instagram.
The picture of Berrettini and Doncic quickly garnered a lot of attention from fans of both sports. Fans flooded the comment section of Berrettini's post, expressing their excitement over the meeting between the two stars.
Matteo Berrettini is currently ranked World No. 22 and suffered a rather poor outing at the Sunshine Double. Seeded at both Indian Wells and the Miami Open, the Italian lost in the second-round in both events, falling to Taro Daniel in the former and Mackenzie McDonald in the latter.
Meanwhile, Doncic is in the midst of the 2022-23 NBA season and is focused on leading the Mavericks to the playoffs.
Matteo Berrettini gears up for 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters with eyes set on the title
Italian tennis sensation Matteo Berrettini is gearing up for his next tournament, the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters, which is scheduled to take place from April 8 to April 16. The clay court event is one of the most prestigious in the tennis calendar and attracts some of the biggest names in the sport.
World No. 22 Berrettini will be hoping to build on his impressive performances in recent years, which have seen him establish himself as one of the rising stars of the tennis world. The 26-year-old has already won seven ATP titles in his career, including the 2022 Queen's Club Championships, and he will be looking to add to that tally with a strong showing at Monte-Carlo.
The Italian will face stiff competition in the tournament, with many of the world's top players expected to take part. Defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz are just some of the names that Berrettini will be up against.
As the countdown to the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters begins, fans around the world will be eagerly anticipating the action-packed tournament, which will mark the first of three clay-court Masters 1000 events.
