Matteo Berrettini is the first champion of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown. The Italian sensation defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in a thrilling final 16-15 15-12 12-14 8-15 2-0.
Matteo was leading 2-0 in terms of quarters. However, Stefanos managed to stage yet another phenomenal comeback and bring once more the affair to the sudden death. The Greek sensation had 2 match points and he probably missed a big opportunity to convert the second one when Berrettini was sort of stranded at the net. However, Stefanos couldn’t perform a seemingly easy passing shot and it was Berrettini eventually to clinch the match.
After the match, an exhausted Matteo Berrettinnig commented: “A couple of members of my family definitely died for heart-attack. For sure.”
THIS is how intense this final was 👇
Is your heart still racing?#UTShowdown | @pmouratoglou pic.twitter.com/QxBEBPKwBN
— UTS | Ultimate Tennis Showdown (@UTShowdown) July 12, 2020
The Hammer has a new weapon⚡️
A dramatic ceremony for a dramatic final. Congratulations, Matteo Berrettini. You're the Italian God tonight 🇮🇹#UTShowdown pic.twitter.com/R6W1ixssA2
— UTS | Ultimate Tennis Showdown (@UTShowdown) July 12, 2020
Matteo Berrettini in 2020
At the moment ranked no.8 (career-high), the Italian played his last match on the 22nd of January when he was defeated by Tennys Sandgren 7-67 6-4 4-6 2-6 7-5 in the 2nd round of the Australian Open.
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2020
Currently the world no.6, Stefanos played his last match on the 7th of March when he overcame Jeson Patrombon 6-2 6-1 in the Rubber 4 of the Davis Cup.
During this season the Greek has a 11-5 win-loss record. Tsitsipas clinched 1 title in Marseille. Stefanos was the finalist in Dubai.
Matteo Berrettini and Stefanos Tsitsipas played each other twice. The head to head is 2-0 for Tsitsipas. The last time that they played each other, Stefanos Tsitsipas won 6-73 6-4 6-3 7-64 in the 1st round in Melbourne (Australian Open) in January 2019.
