The US celebrates successful inaugural United Cup competitors

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The US celebrated successful the inaugural United Cup Sunday with a complete victory over Italy within the closing in Sydney, Australia.

Taylor Fritz, the world No.9, secured victory, defeating large hitting Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (8-6) in a tense two-hour-plus match.

When Berrettini despatched a forehand lengthy on championship level, the US crew ran onto the court docket to engulf Fritz in jubilant celebration.

Jessica Pegula and Frances Tiafoe had earlier additionally earned a degree for the Individuals to provide the US an insurmountable 3-0 lead within the best-of-five closing. Madison Keys made it 4-0 with a 6-3 6-2 win over Lucia Bronzetti.

“It’s nice. It’s superb for the crew to win this occasion. We got here in with actually excessive hopes, or at the very least I did, for the occasion,” Fritz stated, in line with the official web site. “I used to be actually comfortable to be in that place to clinch the match.”

It had been a dominant show by the Individuals within the competitors, with the crew shedding simply two matches to complete with a 22-2 report.

The brand new competitors concerned 18 international locations taking part in round-robin matches within the Australian cities of Perth, Brisbane and Sydney.