Monday 8 April 2024

Berrettini wins title in Marrakesh

Final day in Marrakesh.

2024 Grand Prix Hassan II, an ATP 250 tournament, on Clay Outdoor, Marrakesh, Morocco, 1-7 April 2024

Defending champion:
Roberto Carballes Baena who defeated Alexandre Müller 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2

Final:

Roberto Carballes Baena (Spain) v Matteo Berrettini (Italy)

Berrettini won two of the three previous matches between the players.
Most recent: Berrettini won in Naples second round, October 2022.

Berrettini saved a break point in the second game of the match.
Players exchanged breaks of serve in the fourth and fifth games of the opening set.
Carballes Baena was ahead 3-2 with games on serve.

Serving at 5-5 Carballes Baena was broken.
Serving for the set, Berrettini was down 0-40, but won the next five points to take the set 7-5.

Berrettini saved three break points in game two of set two before holding serve.
He broke Carballes Baena in games three and five to lead 4-1.

Serving at 1-5 to stay in the match, Carballes Baena held on.
However the following game saw Berrettini finish things by serving out the match 7-5 6-2.

Title number eight for Matteo Berrettini, and first since Queen’s Club in June 2022

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