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The United States celebrated winning the inaugural United Cup on Sunday with a comprehensive victory over Italy in the final in Sydney, Australia.
Taylor Fritz, the world No. 9, picked up the win by beating heavy hitter Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (8-6) in a tense match lasting more than two hours.
When Berrettini sent a long forehand to the championship point, Team USA ran onto the court to engulf Fritz in jubilant celebration.
Jessica Pegula and Frances Tiafoe also earlier secured a point for the Americans to give the United States an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five final. Madison Keys made it 4-0 with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Lucia Bronzetti.
“It’s good. It’s amazing for the team to win this event. We came in with very high hopes, or at least I did, for the event,” Fritz said, according to the site. official: “I was really happy to be in this position to win the match.”
It had been a dominant display from the Americans in the competition, with the team losing just two matches to finish with a 22-2 record.
The new competition involved 18 countries playing round robin matches in the Australian cities of Perth, Brisbane and Sydney.
