He did not make it Matteo Berrettini to win the Stuttgart tournament for the third time in his career: the young man won Jack Draper, 22 years old at his first ATP title, overcoming the blue with a score of 3-6 7-6 6-4 after two hours and 4 minutes of play. In any case, Matteo’s performance was excellent as he continues to climb positions in the rankings and proves to be very solid on grass. The season on this surface has just begun, the 28-year-old Roman is expected at Queen’s or Halle before the Slam tournament par excellence, Wimbledon.
How Berrettini’s defeat developed
Ready to go, the first set It’s blue in color with the 28-year-old Roman tennis player who crushes his opponent: perfect with the serve, with forehand and backhand, the match turns to the fourth game when Berrettini gets the break, he won’t concede anything anymore going up 6-3 in a short time, just 31 minutes. It all boded for a second set very similar but the British player has raised his level of play: the match is close, the serves are decisive for both protagonists and no one gets a break. Everything had to be decided in the tie-break with Draper doing well to win 7-5 after an hour and 26 minutes.
The third set it’s an endurance match, whoever is less tired and more precise has the chance to win: unfortunately for the blues it’s Draper who has the upper hand and makes the decisive overtaking in the seventh game when he gets the first and only break point of the whole match . It goes up 4-3, he doesn’t have the “little arm” and wins easily 6-4 after two hours and 4 minutes of play.
The words of the blue
During the awards ceremony, Matteo Berrettini was interviewed on the sidelines. “Congrats Jack, great week and match, it’s going to hurt for a while. I’m sure you will win more trophies”, he declares about his opponent. Then he thanks his team.
“I would like you to see what happens behind the scenes for all the effort it takes, thank you for accompanying me in this first step on the grass season. Thanks to those who watch me from home, thanks to the public. Every year I feel more and more support , I’m always happy to come here and give my best.”
