“It’s not been the greatest of friendly games but the important was to win and get to know each other on court – said Gavotto as Verona had the better of Padova in its first friendly game – Game after game, we’ll make progress, we are training hard. In the summer, I kept in good shape with beach volley and weights but it’s never like playing games, after four months out, it’s always tough to come back. We’ll all get better individually day after day”.