Italy’s Matteo Berrettini defeated Hugo Gaston of France 7-5, 6-3 to win the Generali Open in Kitzbuhel, Austria, on Saturday.
The No. 50 player in the world prevailed in 81 minutes with eight aces and 25 winners. He also controlled return points, winning 27 of 61 (44 percent) while Gaston won just 16 of 55 (29 percent).
Gaston, who got past Facundo Diaz Acosta on Friday when the Argentinian retired, committed 11 unforced errors and two double faults and came up empty (0 of 4) on break-point save attempts.
Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag
Fourth seed Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina, ranked No. 37 in the ATP rankings, won a three-hour marathon against Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti, the second seed, to win the championship 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in Umag, Croatia.
The two battled back and forth in the deciding set, with Cerundolo taking 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 and 4-3 leads with Musetti fighting back to equalize in each instance. Musetti broke serve to go ahead 5-4, but Cerundolo rallied to go back up 6-5. After Musetti again tied things up 6-6, Cerundolo took a 6-3 lead in the tiebreak, eventually taking the match 7-5.
Cerundolo overcame four double faults and a disadvantage on serve points to save 7 of 11 break points in dispatching No. 17 in the world.
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