Ultimate Tennis Showdown: Stefanos Tsitsipas wrestles Matteo Berrettini - today against Corentin Moutet
Patrick Mouratoglu's Ultimate Tennis Showdown is going to be hot in Nice on the fourth weekend in a row. Yesterday Saturday the top game between Stefanos Tsitspas and Matteo Berrettini increased , in which the Greek was able to assert himself extremely thin. Today Tsitsipas meets Corentin Moutet .
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Jul 05, 2020, 09:32 am
Dominic Thiem was the big missing on the fourth weekend of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown. The third in the world rankings had decided against a start at the exhibition event and also against participation in the Austrian state championships in order to put on a fitness block before welcoming seven top players to his own tournament, Thiem's 7, in Kitzbühel next week .
Among others, Matteo Berrettini will also be present in Kitzbühel, but he did not miss the chance to serve again in Nice this weekend. And the Italian got to deal with a high-caliber, on Saturday the world ranked 8. in the two places ahead of him Stefanos Tsitsipas. It was also the direct duel for the top positions in the Ultimate Tennis Showdown: Tsitsipas had only lost to Dominic Thiem in the course of the tournament, Berrettini held in two losses.
The Greek started the race as an easy favorite, but had to accept that his Italian opponent had a better start to the match. Berrettini grabbed the first two quarters and quickly pulled away 2-0. But then the number six in the ATP ranking turned up, secured a competitive third quarter with 14:13 and a little later equalized to 2: 2. A Sudden Death Quarter had to make the decision. The player who takes the lead with two points here won the match. In this lottery, Tsitsipas kept his cool, took the first two points and thus the victory.
Gasquet in second place
Today continues for Stefanos Tsitsipas against Corentin Moutet. Matteo Berrettini meets Alexei Popyrin. The number two in the UTS ranking, Richard Gasquet, has to deal with Feliciano Lopez, who involuntarily caused Dustin Brown's first victory at the show event. In the last match this Sunday, David Goffin meets Bernoit Paire. Selected games can be seen live on FreeTV at Eurosport .