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Nick Kyrgios
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Two-time Wimbledon winner Andy Murray is in the final of the ATP tournament at Stuttgart's Weissenhof, where he meets Italian Matteo Berrettini.
After beating Oscar Otte from Cologne 7: 6 (9: 7) and 7: 6 (7: 5), Murray won his semi-final against Australian Nick Kyrgios 7: 6 (7: 5) and 6: 2.
For Murray it is the 70th final of his career, including the tenth on grass.
After a balanced first set, the tie-break ended ugly.
During the last rally, Kyrgios, notorious for his aggressive outbursts, bounced the ball because of a mistake and the Australian smashed his racket.
For this he was penalized with a point deduction.
At the beginning of the second round, Kyrgios also messed with the audience, insulted them and was deducted to make it 0: 2.
After that, the match was about to be abandoned because the Australian didn't want to get used to the course of the game, talked to himself and complained.
He played the game listlessly to the end and was whistled goodbye by the audience.
“It wasn't fun in the end.
The second set wasn't a real match.
The end of the first set was crucial," Murray commented on the game on Servus TV.
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