Italy’s Matteo Berrettini made a winning return after two months out after having surgery on his hand, winning the Stuttgart ATP 250 tournament by beating Scottish great Andy Murray in three sets in the final.
He had already won the German grass-court tournament once before, in 2019. Berrettini beat the former first-ranked Murray, who suffered an injury that all but knocked out his serve towards the end of the match, by 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in two hours and 40 minutes.
“When I decided to play Stuttgart I never thought I’d win straight away,” said the 26-year-old Roman. His win pushed him up to world number 10 and boosted his hopes of taking part in the ATP Finals. Before that, he is setting his sights on Wimbledon where he lost in last year’s final to Serbian great Novak Djokovic.
