Matteo Arnaldi is a professional tennis player Italian born February 22, 2001 in Sanremo, Italy. He started playing tennis at a young age (like Yannick Noah) before turning professional in 2019. He began participating in ITF and Challenger tournaments, which allowed him to improve his ranking . In 2023, Matteo Arnaldi began to make a name for himself on the ATP Tour. He had several good performances in Challenger category tournaments and began to participate in increasingly important ATP tournaments.
Until 2024 when the 23-year-old tennis player set foot on the clay of the Roland-Garros tournament, which takes place from May 26 to June 9, 2024. And if all the eyes of tennis fans are fixed on the Italian hope, those of his girlfriend too. Indeed, the young woman, named Mia Savio, accompanies him in most of his international competitions.
Mia Savio always present at competitions
Moreover, the Italian champion Matteo Arnaldi spent his off-season in Australia, in Melbourne, alongside Mia Savio, who is Australian. The two lovebirds met when the young woman was a student at the university for foreigners in Perugia, Italy. Like Novac Djokovic who met his wife in high school. Besides, Mia’s dad was Italian. “Mia is learning Italian to speak with my family and she knew the basics since she was young”had confided Matteo Arnaldi in the columns of Herald Sun.
The couple lives between Australia and Italy. They spent a Christmas in Melbourne with Mia’s relatives. And it was still in Australia that the tennis player went after winning the Davis Cup, beating Australia 2-0 in the final, in fact. “It was crazy to see the final between the two countries. But it was great to see Matteo representing his country and that of his father”his partner Mia reacted.
A Davis Cup rich in emotions… And for good reason! A terrible tragedy had just struck the couple with the death of Mia’s father. Matteo Arnaldi dedicated his victory against Australia to the father of his girlfriend. The match was all the more symbolic as it pitted Australia against Italy, where the tennis player’s father-in-law was from. In tears, he paid him a heartbreaking tribute. “It’s very moving. It’s all the more moving since a very important person died a month ago for me and for my girlfriend”declared the Italian champion player.
An Australian whose father was Italian
Moreover, during each off-season, Matteo Arnaldi and Mia Savio head to Australia to rest before resuming the hectic pace of world tournaments. Followed by more than 4,300 subscribers on her Instagram account, the young woman post photos regularly of his daily life and in particular with his darling. On February 22, 2024, she published a photo of the player shirtless at the beach, on the occasion of his birthday.“Happy birthday, I love you a little more every day”she captioned.
Or even on March 25, 2024, during a photo where the couple kisses in the stands at the Drake concert. “Have a boyfriend who wins his game at 6 p.m. and takes you to the Drake concert at 8 p.m.”, she wrote in the caption. Moreover, since the start of the French tournament, Mia Savio has been posting photos from the stands of Roland-Garros. Besides, here are the couples who set the competition stands on fire this year.
Sources used:
Mia Savio’s Instagram account, Herald Sun
