Taylor Fritz edged previous Matteo Berrettini 7-6(4) 7-6(6), serving to favourites the United States surge to an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Italy within the ultimate of the inaugural United Cup blended staff event and seal the title on Sunday.
Coming into the third rubber along with his red-hot staff up 2-0 and needing yet one more win to emerge victors within the $15 million event, world No. 9 Fritz took the opening set when his big-hitting opponent discovered the web in a decent tiebreak.
Indian Wells champion Fritz squandered 5 possibilities to interrupt within the subsequent set however held his nerve in one other tiebreak, making certain victory for the Americans and sparking wild celebrations on the aspect of the courtroom and within the stands.
Earlier, Lorenzo Musetti’s withdrawal from his match with Frances Tiafoe handed the U.S. a 2-0 lead after Jessica Pegula beat Martina Trevisan 6-4 6-2 at Ken Rosewall Arena.
An damage to his proper shoulder pressured the 20-year-old Musetti to concede to Tiafoe after his first serve of the second set. The Italian misplaced the opener 6-2.
“He came out playing really well, he had a chance to go for a break early with some great returns but he maybe paid for them,” Tiafoe mentioned.
“I thought I was playing at a really high level. I could see he was tugging his shoulder a lot and stayed locked in. I don’t want to win this way, especially for my team and myself. I hope Lorenzo feels better.”
Tiafoe, ranked nineteenth on the earth, needed to struggle to win his personal opening service recreation earlier than breaking within the third recreation and steamrolling his solution to a cushty first set win.
Musetti, nonetheless, was struggling because the match wore on and, after making an attempt to play following therapy along side the courtroom, he stepped over the web to concede.
Pegula, in the meantime, notched up a straight units victory over a battling Trevisan, clinching the opening set 6-4 as each gamers struggled to carry serve.
She then took command within the second set, profitable the primary 5 video games earlier than ending a late fightback by Trevisan to safe a straight-sets win.