Tennis, Berrettini and Kyrgios in Los Angeles to see LeBron

From the hard courts of the UCLA, where he was pinched to train for the Indian Wells tournament, to the parquet of the great NBA stages, as a great basketball fan Matteo Berrettini can finally say that he has lived his stars and stripes dream .

While the Italian national team put its seal on qualification in Davis, in Los Angeles the number 7 in the world attended the match that saw the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors opposing, finding himself a few meters away from the idol always LeBron James. “Wake me up,” wrote the incredulous Roman in the stories of Instagram, as he watched the basketball legend in action.

Matteo’s passion for basketball has deep roots and in the past he did not miss the opportunity to hazard a few comparisons between the greats of modern tennis and the giants of the NBA: “The LeBron of tennis is Nadal, for physicality and because they are both exploded very young. Federer, on the other hand, I would compare him to Michael Jordan, while Djokovic for how he stays cold in difficult moments reminds me of Kobe Bryant “.

In good company

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Among the many stars present at the big match that took place at the Staples Center, there was also the former American boxer Floyd Mayweather, who together with Berrettini shared a place in the highly coveted “front row”. Of course, there was no lack of opportunity to immortalize the meeting through shots finished on social media. The bad boy of the racket Nick Kyrgios, who has always been in love with basketball, has never been absent on occasions of this type, so much so that he has declared that he clearly prefers it to tennis.

In the audience also the American n.31 Atp Frances Tiafoe, who even wore shoes with gold and purple details to support the Lakers. A ritual that definitely brought luck to LeBron James’ team.