<p>Italian top seed Matteo Berrettini marked himself down as a genuine Wimbledon threat after beating Britain's Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 to win the Queen's Club title on Sunday.</p>.<p>The 25-year-old used his huge serve and forehand to great effect once again to claim his fifth career title and become the first Italian champion at the prestigious event.</p>.<p>Berrettini banged down his 19th ace as he served for the match and claimed victory on his first match point.</p>.<p>"Sorry for the others but this is the nicest trophy I've won," the Italian said after becoming the first debutant to win the title since Boris Becker in 1985.</p>.<p>"I have been watching the tournament since I was a kid and this is a dream come true to win it."</p>.<p>The world number nine did not drop serve since the first round and held 46 service games in a row.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/tennis/berrettini-ends-andy-murrays-comeback-at-queens-998673.html" target="_blank">Read | Berrettini ends Andy Murray's comeback at Queen's</a></strong></p>.<p>World number 41 Norrie dug deep to take the match to a deciding set but faltered at 3-4 as he dropped serve with untimely errors.</p>.<p>Norrie was Berrettini's third British victim this week after he also beat five-times champion Andy Murray and Dan Evans.</p>.<p>With Berrettini's serving looking untouchable it was vital Norrie looked after his own delivery but he dropped serve with a double fault in the sixth game of the opening set to hand Berrettini the decisive break.</p>.<p>Berrettini was close to winning in straight sets when he had two break points at 4-4 in the second but Norrie hit back superbly to level the match by winning the tiebreak.</p>.<p>It was only a temporary hiccup for Berrettini, however, as he powered through the decider to emulate Becker.</p>.<p>The German went on to win Wimbledon a few weeks later and the in-form Berrettini will head to the All England Club with high hopes of a deep run.</p>
<p>Italian top seed Matteo Berrettini marked himself down as a genuine Wimbledon threat after beating Britain's Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 to win the Queen's Club title on Sunday.</p>.<p>The 25-year-old used his huge serve and forehand to great effect once again to claim his fifth career title and become the first Italian champion at the prestigious event.</p>.<p>Berrettini banged down his 19th ace as he served for the match and claimed victory on his first match point.</p>.<p>"Sorry for the others but this is the nicest trophy I've won," the Italian said after becoming the first debutant to win the title since Boris Becker in 1985.</p>.<p>"I have been watching the tournament since I was a kid and this is a dream come true to win it."</p>.<p>The world number nine did not drop serve since the first round and held 46 service games in a row.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/tennis/berrettini-ends-andy-murrays-comeback-at-queens-998673.html" target="_blank">Read | Berrettini ends Andy Murray's comeback at Queen's</a></strong></p>.<p>World number 41 Norrie dug deep to take the match to a deciding set but faltered at 3-4 as he dropped serve with untimely errors.</p>.<p>Norrie was Berrettini's third British victim this week after he also beat five-times champion Andy Murray and Dan Evans.</p>.<p>With Berrettini's serving looking untouchable it was vital Norrie looked after his own delivery but he dropped serve with a double fault in the sixth game of the opening set to hand Berrettini the decisive break.</p>.<p>Berrettini was close to winning in straight sets when he had two break points at 4-4 in the second but Norrie hit back superbly to level the match by winning the tiebreak.</p>.<p>It was only a temporary hiccup for Berrettini, however, as he powered through the decider to emulate Becker.</p>.<p>The German went on to win Wimbledon a few weeks later and the in-form Berrettini will head to the All England Club with high hopes of a deep run.</p>