Amazing Berrettini wins the Mercedes Cup in his comeback. HIGHLIGHTS – STUTTGART RESULTS

Matteo Berrettini dispatches Andy Murray 6-4 5-7 6-3 in the final in Stuttgart on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. This is the second time that Matteo wins the tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event. Matteo was just coming back from an operation on his hand. He didn’t expect to win a tournament so early.

Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Andy Murray Mercedes Cup – Stuttgart

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, the Italian scored 95 points vs. Murray’s 88.

Berrettini

The Italian served extremely well to win 81% of the points (42/52) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (18/31) on his second serve. The Italian blasted 19 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The Italian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.

Murray

On the other side, the Brit had some problems converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Berrettini and Murray is 2-1 for Matteo.

This was the 6^th career title for Berrettini. (see list of titles and finals). The Brit remains with 46^th titles. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Matteo clinched in the 3^rd

game (2-1) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

Matteo wasted a good opportunity to break Andy in the 5^th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Berrettini converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5^th game (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Andy was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4^th game (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Italian won just 3 points more than Andy (33-30). Matteo conceded 10 points on serve (23-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Andy conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Murray conquered in the 12^th

game (7-5).

Murray wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12^th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, Matteo was perfect in converting all his break points in the 9^th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 69 points. Murray was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Italian (37-32). Andy dropped 11 points on serve (27-11). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 10 points on serve (21-10).

Berrettini was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Andy Murray in the 1^st game (1-0). Berrettini reinforced his lead after breaking Murray in the 9^th (6-3) game before winning the set.

Andy capitulated the 9^th game (6-3) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.

The Italian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 0-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 51 points. Berrettini won 9 more points than Murray (30-21). Berrettini was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, the Brit conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).