The Italian tennis pro Matteo Berrettini wanted to catch up with one of the top stars of the scene in Stuttgart. But a young Briton is celebrating his first title.
Former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini (28) missed out on his hoped-for third title at the grass tournament in Stuttgart. In the final, the favored Italian had to admit defeat to Jack Draper 6:3, 6:7 (5:7), 4:6 despite leading in sets. The 22-year-old Briton thus celebrated his first title on the ATP Tour.
Draper became the first British title holder to win prize money of 111,785 euros at the Weissenhof. He had lost his two previous ATP finals in Sofia (2023) and Adelaide (2024).
Against Berrettini, a brief period of weakness on his own serve cost Draper the first set. Then he improved, played more courageously and secured the decisive advantage with the break to 4:3 in the third set.
Draper will move into the top 30 of the tennis world rankings for the first time on Monday, and he will also become the British number one for the first time. With his next Stuttgart title, Berrettini could have drawn level with Rafael Nadal after 2019 and 2022. The Spanish tennis star was on the winners’ list in 2005, 2007 and 2015.
Source: Stern
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