UTS3 Highlights: Taylor Fritz “The Hotshot” vs Richard Gasquet “The Virtuoso”
Twice a beaten semi-finalist in UTS1 and UTS2, the Virtuoso held off a great comeback from The Hotshot, Taylor Fritz, to win 18-15, 17-14, 12-21, 10-20, 2-1 in sudden death and set up a final against Australian Alex de Minaur to decide the winner of UTS3 in Antwerp on Sunday.
October 17, 2020
“He’s done it in the most dramatic of circumstances!”
Finally, “The Virtuoso” Richard Gasquet reached a UTS final – and he did it in incredible fashion.
It was a sudden-death win against “The Hotshot” Taylor Fritz that secured the Frenchman his place in the showpiece occasion.
And after losing in the last four in the first two editions of UTS, Gasquet set up a chance to win the thunderbolt.
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