Stefanos Tsitsipas topples Roberto Bautista Agut for first grass title, Taylor Fritz doubles up at Eastbourne

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Taylor Fritz secured impressive wins on grass as they signed off preparations for Wimbledon with successes at the Mallorca Open and Eastbourne International respectively. Greek world No. 3 Tsitsipas beat Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) to claim a first title on grass with success at the Mallorca Country Club.

Ad/> It was Tsitsipas' first tour-level grass-court final after he beat Benjamin Bonzi 6-4 6-4 in Friday's semi-final, while Bautista Agut upset top seed Daniil Medvedev in Thursday’s quarter-finals. WimbledonDjokovic, Alcaraz, Sinner, Ruud & Nadal — Plotting Murray's path to Wimbledon gloryYESTERDAY AT 12:53 The Greek held a 2-0 head-to-head record over Bautista Agut ahead of the meeting — winning 7-5 4-6 6-4 7-6 at the 2019 Australian Open and 7-5 7-5 at the 2021 ATP Cup – and set about establishing first-set dominance behind his forehand, racing into a four-game lead. The 23-year-old, whose best showing at Wimbledon was the last 16 in 2018, would take the set 6-4 before breaking again early in the second set to establish a 3-1 lead.

With his serve faltering, Bautista Agut was in trouble at deuce in the fifth game of the second set, but held his nerve to hold before winning the next four games on the bounce to send the final to a decider. There, a break of serve from 40-0 down in the fourth game looked to have re-set the initiative and set the world No. 3 on course for a first title on grass.

However, Bautista Agut would again rally to level at five-apiece, and with two holds to follow, the match was settled on a tiebreaker. The Greek star would dominate that to ease to a first grass-court title. Tsitsipas and Bautista Agut face Alexander Ritschard and Attila Balazs respectively in