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.

At the last rally, Kyrgios bounced the ball because of a mistake and the Australian smashed his racquet.

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 moaned.

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.

Oscar Otte had previously left Center Court at Weissenhof dejected and sad.

The 6:7 (7:9) and 6:7 (5:7) defeat in the semifinals against Italian Matteo Berrettini was deep.

In a high-class match against last season's Wimbledon finalist and Stuttgart winner of 2019, three small concentration errors in the tie break of both sets decided in favor of the Italian.

Otte had expected more against Berrettini.

He only got back into the ATP tour after a hand injury in Stuttgart and seemed to be fighting for his form until the quarter-finals.

But in the semifinals he found her again.

Also because his hand now seems to have recovered.

"I felt really good," said Berrettini.

Otte felt that.

If the Italian had problems finding his way into the match in the previous games, he was there right from the start in the semifinals.

He didn't have to give up a service game in the course of the game and was always on top of things.

But that was also his opponent.

And so a match developed that delighted the spectators at the Weissenhof.

Strong serves with a multitude of aces on both sides alternated with long rallies, which mostly ended with spectacular net attacks and stop balls.

"The first set was a bit hectic from both of us, so I could have hit it.

He was a bit better in the second, so I would have liked to have had a third set," said Otte.

It was totally open who would make it into the final at the grass event, which was endowed with 769,645 euros.

Until Otte afforded the decisive lack of concentration.

The only double fault in the game ended the first set, in the tie-break of the second round the Cologne player gave up a serve to make it 2:4 in the meantime.

"That was unnecessary.

With the double fault I served the second serve very risky.

I didn't want to give him anything and then I gave him something after all," said Otte angrily, but he is now looking forward to the tournament in Halle.