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Patna : Second seed Matteo Berrettini, 25, Italy, beat 3rd seed Aslan Karatsev, 27, Russia, in a three -srt battle in the final to lift the men’s singles at Serbia Open, an ATP 250 event, at Belgrade, Serbia, on April 25, 2021, late night. World No 10 Berrettini beat World N0 28 Aslan Karatsev in a three-set thriller 6-1,3-6,7-6 in final in 2hr 27 minutes.
Berrettini fired Aces in the match to just 1 by Karatsev, who had stunned World No 1 & top seed Novak Djokovic, Serbia, in three-sets in semi-finals on April 24, 2021. Both the players committed 3 double faults each. The Italian won 3 break points during the match to 2 by the Russian. Berrettini also won 5 games in a row during the match to 3 by Karatsev. Berrettini, in all, won 101 points to 81 points by the Russian during the match.