STUTTGART, Germany, Jun 12 (AP) \u2014 Matteo Berrettini showed signs of recapturing the form which took him to the Wimbledon final last year as he beat Andy Murray 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to win the Stuttgart Open on Sunday in his first tournament for three months.
\nThe Italian hadn\u2019t played since Indian Wells in March because of a hand injury which forced him to miss the entire clay-court swing and, in Murray, faced an opponent whose own injury issues hampered him in the deciding set.
\n\u201cIt was the last thing that I imagined when I came here,\u201d Berrettini said of winning the title on his return to the tour.
\nThree-time Grand Slam champion Murray collided with one of the players\u2019 seats at courtside in the first point of the decider and called for the physio soon after for treatment on his left leg and hip. He took another timeout when he appeared to indicate a problem with his abdominal muscles at 4-2 down.
\n\u201cThis is not the way that we wanted to finish the match,\u201d Berrettini said, and he praised Murray\u2019s history of bouncing back from injuries. \u201cHe showed us so many times how to come back.\u201d
\nBerrettini moves to 6-3 in career finals with his second career Stuttgart title, while Murray is 46-24 in his 70th career final as he chased a first title since 2019. It was the first time Murray played a singles final on grass since winning Wimbledon in 2016.
\nTournament organizers said Sunday that an investigation had begun after Nick Kyrgios said he faced racist abuse from the crowd in his semifinal loss to Murray the day before.
\n\u201cNo discriminating actions by the spectators are accepted,\u201d organizers said in e-mailed comments. \u201cWe have expressed our regret towards Nick Kyrgios and his team and assured that any kind of discrimination is unacceptable. The incident is currently under investigation.\u201d
\nKyrgios was given a game penalty Saturday when he appeared to confront someone in the crowd during the match.
\n\u201cOne thing I won\u2019t ever tolerate is spectators heckling and blasting abuse to athletes. It\u2019s been happening personally to me for a while, from racist comments to complete disrespect,\u201d the Australian wrote on Instagram on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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