ATP roundup: All-American final on tap in Eastbourne
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 [June 25, 2022]
Americans Maxime Cressy and 2019
champion Taylor Fritz will meet in the Rothesay International final
on Saturday in Eastbourne, England.
Both men went the distance in Friday's semifinals. Cressy outlasted
Great Britain's Jack Draper 7-6 (5), 6-7 (2), 6-3 in two hours and
41 minutes. Cressy fired 21 aces, saved all six break points he
faced and recorded the only service break of the match to take a 4-2
lead in the third set.
The third-seeded Fritz won 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3 against No. 6 Alex De
Minaur of Australia. Fritz struck 13 aces and also saved all six
break points he faced.
Cressy, 25, is seeking his first ATP Tour title. This will be his
first meeting on the main tour against Fritz, 24, who will be
looking for his third title.
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No. 2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece and No. 5 Roberto Bautista
Agut of Spain advanced to Saturday's final with straight-set
victories.
Tsitsipas saved all three break points and won 75.7 percent of the
points on his first serve (28 of 37) during a 6-4, 6-4 semifinal win
against unseeded Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi.
Bautista Agut broke the serve of Switzerland's Antoine Bellier three
times in the second set to finish off a 7-6 (5), 6-2 victory.
Bellier, No. 303 in the world, was the lowest-ranked semifinalist on
the tour this season.
It is the first grass-court final for Tsitsipas, 23, who is seeking
his ninth career title. He won both previous matches against
Bautista Agut, 34.
--Field Level Media
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