Draper defeats Berrettini to win first ATP Tour title in Stuttgart

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jack-draper/d0co/overview'Jack Draper/a is an ATP Tour champion./p

pThe British lefty overcame Italian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-berrettini/bk40/overview'Matteo Berrettini/a 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 on Sunday to win the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/stuttgart/321/overview'BOSS OPEN/a title./p

p"It's incredible. Just thank you so much for the support," Draper said. "It was a really, really tough match. But I'm really happy to win my first title. It means so much to me."/p

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pDraper, who was competing in his third tour-level final, battled hard against Berrettini in the pairrsquo;s first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting. The sixth was two points from defeat in the second-set tie-break, but rallied to level the match and then won 89 per cent (17/19) of his first-serve points in the third set according to Infosys ATP Stats to triumph at the ATP 250 grass-court event in Stuttgart./p

pDraper climbed 10 spots to No. 30 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings. The 22-year-old will rise to a career-high on Monday, when he will become the new British No. 1./p

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pLast season, Draper did not compete on grass at all due to a shoulder injury. The lefty dropped outside of the world's Top 100 in August, falling as low as No. 123./p

pBut that appears long behind him now. The 2022 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a competitor is back to being a dangerous opponent for anyone across the net./p

p"I think [it is] just a lot of hard work. A lot of tough moments the last year or so," Draper said. "It's been up and down, but I'm really, really glad with the way I played and I think it's a testament to the work I've been doing."/p

pBerrettini was competing in his first tournament since Monte-Carlo and trying to claim his third Stuttgart crown./p

p"Congrats to Jack. Unbelievable week. Unbelievable match. I was so close," Berrettini said. "This one is going to hurt for a little bit, but that's tennis. I've won matches like this, I've lost matches like this. I'm sure this guy is going to lift more trophies."/p

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