Matteo Berrettini of Rome, Italy has won the 2022 Queen’s Club Championships in London, England. On Sunday, Berrettini defeated Filip Krajinovic of Serbia 7-5, 6-4 to take the title. Berrettini was actually able to defend the Queen’s Club Championship. Last year he beat Cameron Norrie of Great Britain in the final, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3.
Berrettini, has turned out to be a grass court specialist. He reached the 2021 Wimbledon final, before losing to Novak Djokovic of Serbia, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. You could make the argument that Berrettini was one of two grass court specialists to win an ATP 500 event on Sunday. The other was Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, the 2021 Wimbledon semifinalist, who beat world number one Daniil Medvedev of Russia, 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the Halle Open.
In the men’s final of the 2022 Queen’s Club Championship, Berrettini broke Krajinovic thrice in seven opportunities. The 26-year-old also served up 14 aces, won 79% of his first serve points, and won 73% of his second serve points.
Berrettini was seeded second in the tournament, only behind Casper Ruud of Norway, the clay court specialist who reached the 2022 French Open Final. Along the way Berrettini had a fortunate draw as he did not have to play one single seeded player along the way. Berrettini beat Daniel Evans of Great Britain 6-3, 6-3 in round one, Denis Kudla of the United States 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 in round two, Tommy Paul of the United States 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals, and Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands 6-4, 6-3 in semifinals.
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