Taylor Fritz beat Italy’s Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (10-8) in Sunday’s final as Team USA won 21 of 23 matches to claim the inaugural United Cup in Sydney
Team USA won 21 of 23 matches to claim inaugural United Cup
The world No 9’s win followed straight-sets singles successes for Pegula and Frances Tiafoe and preceded Madison Keys’ 6-3, 6-2 dispatch of Lucia Bronzetti that had the US on the cusp of a third 5-0 whitewash for the tournament. Tiafoe won all five of his singles encounters as well plus a mixed doubles match with Pegula , while Madison Keys was also unbeaten and dropped just one set in five singles outings.
“It’s amazing for the team to win this event,” Fritz said after being crash-tackled by Tiafoe amid wild celebrations. “We came in with really high hopes, or at least I did, for the event so I was really happy to be in that position to clinch the match.Fritz’s clincher came after Pegula continued her hot summer to give the US a perfect start with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Martina Trevisan before Lorenzo Musetti retired with a shoulder issue after losing the first set 6-2 against Tiafoe.
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