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Berrettini’s only previous retirement from a Grand Slam match was at the 2023 US Open.
He also An early exit He had to pull out of the 2021 ATP Tour finals mid-match last season, due to an abdominal injury. madrid and Rome in the run-up to the French Open.
But the former world number six, who missed the previous four French Opens due to injury problems, is determined to take positives from reaching a seventh Grand Slam quarter-final in his first outing at Roland Garros since 2021.
Now ranked 105th, he added: “I have to take the good things I’ve done in this tournament, because a few weeks ago or a few days ago, it would have been crazy to think about me in the quarter-finals, and so I’ll try to go home with a smile on my face.
“It’s going to be tough but I like to approach these two weeks, and of course I’m disappointed, I’m sad, but I’m proud of the way I fought through this tournament.”
Speaking on court after the win, Arnaldi said: “You never want someone to finish a tournament like this.
“He had an amazing tournament. I feel sorry for him and I hope he recovers because soon it will be grass and his game is going to be very difficult.”
Arnaldi, ranked 104th in the world, is the lowest-ranked male player to reach a French Open singles semifinal since Philippe De Wolfe, ranked 122nd, did so in 1997.
He will play another Italian, 10th seed Flavio Cobolli, on Friday for a place in Sunday’s final.
