Tsitsipas

Greece had trailed Italy 0-2 overnight in their United Cup semifinal after wins for Martina Trevisan and Lorenzo Musetti, but Stefanos Tsitsipas clawed one ...

For the first half of the No.1 men’s singles match, Berrettini was in control. "That's what we did from the very first moment. That proved the turning point. Grammatikopoulou settled to make the second a closer contest, pounding away several sharp forehand winners. With Greece's No.2 WTA player Despina Papamichail unable to play, the last-minute substitution of Valentini Grammatikopoulou could have been an advantage. Italy led Greece 2-0 overnight, but Stefanos Tsitsipas gained one point back by defeating Matteo Berrettini 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 before Bronzetti closed out the win.

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I had to start returning a few balls in the serve back, which I was struggling with in the beginning. The second turning point of the match came when Berrettini was 3-2 up in the decider, with a break point, but the crowd helped Tsitsipas out of trouble. But Tsitsipas waited for his moment, which came in the tiebreak of the second set, taking it 7-2 with good returns, something he had been missing since the beginning of the match.

Tsitsipas stands to move from World No 4 up to World No 2 if he can help Greece to the title by winning his semi-final singles match and again win in the.

A singles win in the United Cup final should secure Tsitsipas the World No 2 ranking ahead of the announcement of the Australian Open seeds next week. Tsitsipas will take himself to within five points of World No 2 Casper Ruud but if a win can help Greece into the final he will have a shot at leapfrogging both Ruud and Rafael Nadal and anchoring the Australian Open draw. Tsitsipas stands to move from World No 4 up to World No 2 if he can help Greece to the title by winning his semi-final singles match and again win in the final match.

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"I hung in there and was just waiting for my chances, he's a big server," said Tsitsipas. They went toe-to-toe in set two before the pumped-up Greek star prevailed in a tiebreaker to take it to a third set where he ground down his tiring opponent. Stefanos Tsitsipas rallied from a set down to topple Italy's Matteo Berrettini and keep Greece in the hunt to reach the final of the inaugural United Cup, where the United States awaits the winner.

Stefanos Tsitsipas battled from a set down to topple Matteo Berrettini Saturday but it was in vain as an unstoppable Lucia Bronzetti powered Italy into the ...

"I hung in there and was just waiting for my chances, he's a big server," said Tsitsipas. "It's a special moment to bring such an important point to Italy. After grinding through the first set, she went a break down in the second but was ultimately too strong. But he too was denied and it went to a tiebreak, where the American dug deep. They went toe-to-toe in set two before the pumped-up Tsitsipas prevailed in a tiebreaker to take it to a third set where he ground down his tiring opponent. Stefanos Tsitsipas battled from a set down to topple Matteo Berrettini Saturday but it was in vain as an unstoppable Lucia Bronzetti powered Italy into the final of the inaugural United Cup against a dominant United States.

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"It was personally a great match, a great atmosphere," he told reporters. "I played a very good game on that game that I broke, I was able to play with a lot of intensity and I think my concentration peaked at that particular game." "I had to start from returning a few balls of the serve which I was struggling with in the beginning, but somehow I hung in there," Tsitsipas told the Nine Network.

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"It was personally a great match, a great atmosphere," he told reporters. "I played a very good game on that game that I broke, I was able to play with a lot of intensity and I think my concentration peaked at that particular game." "I had to start from returning a few balls of the serve which I was struggling with in the beginning, but somehow I hung in there," Tsitsipas told the Nine Network.

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Stefanos Tsitsipas battled from a set down to topple Matteo Berrettini Saturday but it was in vain as an unstoppable Lucia Bronzetti powered Italy into the ...

“It’s a special moment to bring such an important point to Italy. After grinding through the first set, she went a break down in the second but was ultimately too strong. But he too was denied and it went to a tiebreak, where the American dug deep. They went toe-to-toe in set two before the pumped-up Tsitsipas prevailed in a tiebreaker to take it to a third set where he ground down his tiring opponent. But she was outgunned by Bronzetti and reduced to tears in the first set. Stefanos Tsitsipas battled from a set down to topple Matteo Berrettini Saturday but it was in vain as an unstoppable Lucia Bronzetti powered Italy into the final of the inaugural United Cup against a dominant United States.

Lucia Bronzetti downed Valentini Grammatikopoulou to seal Italy's place in the final of the inaugural United Cup.

Italy will now face United States, which beat Poland 5-0 in their semi-final, in the final on Sunday. Despite losing to Poland in their City Final in Brisbane, Italy claimed a place in the Sydney play-offs as the best-placed runner-up. That put the pressure on Bronzetti's meeting with world No.199 Grammatikopoulou.