CNN —
The United States celebrated winning the inaugural United Cup Sunday with a broad triumph implicit Italy successful the last successful Sydney, Australia.
Taylor Fritz, the satellite No.9, secured victory, defeating large hitting Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (8-6) successful a tense two-hour-plus match.
When Berrettini sent a forehand agelong connected title point, the US squad ran onto the tribunal to engulf Fritz successful jubilant celebration.
Jessica Pegula and Frances Tiafoe had earlier besides earned a constituent for the Americans to springiness the US an insurmountable 3-0 pb successful the best-of-five final. Madison Keys made it 4-0 with a 6-3 6-2 triumph implicit Lucia Bronzetti.
“It’s great. It’s astonishing for the squad to triumph this event. We came successful with truly precocious hopes, oregon astatine slightest I did, for the event,” Fritz said, according to the authoritative website. “I was truly blessed to beryllium successful that presumption to clinch the match.”
It had been a ascendant show by the Americans successful the competition, with the squad losing conscionable 2 matches to decorativeness with a 22-2 record.
The caller contention progressive 18 countries playing round-robin matches successful the Australian cities of Perth, Brisbane and Sydney.
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