David Goffin of Belgium defeated Dominic Thiem of Austria on Saturday at the Bet-at-Home Cup, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. It was the first ATP final for either man, and therefore the 23-year-old Goffin’s first title. Thiem is a young player on the rise, just 20 years old, but even the support of the local crowd couldn’t get him through to his first trophy.
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Spaniard shakes off poor start to take ATP 250 tournament in Austria.
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After dropping the first set at love, Marcel Granollers came back from the brink to win 0-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 over the Argentine Juan Monaco today. He became only the second man to win an ATP final after losing the first set 0-6. (Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafael Nadal in the 2010 Doha decider 0-6, 7-6(8), 6-4.)
Monaco came out very strong, while Granollers was erratic, most especially with his serving. He got his first break of serve early in the 2nd set, but was broken back when serving for the set at 5-4, and had to take the set in a tiebreak to stay alive.
In the 3rd set, both showed nerves and there were a few breaks of service, with the Barcelona native broken again when serving for the match at 5-3. He broke back in the next game to win the championship.
This is the Spaniard’s fourth ATP singles title — he has 10 in doubles — and his first singles title since 2011. The win will put Granollers back in the Top 40 of the world rankings. His career high was 19.
He also becomes the sixth different Spaniard to win a singles title this year, joining Rafael Nadal with 7, David Ferrer and Tommy Robredo with 2 each, and Feliciano Lopez and Albert Montañés with 1 apiece.
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Citi Open — Washington DC
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d M Matosevic (AUS) — 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(4)
(8) John Isner (USA) d (16) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) — 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4
(3) Tommy Haas (GER) d (11) Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) — 7-6(5), 7-6(3)
(1) J Del Potro (ARG) d (7) Kevin Anderson (RSA) — 7-6(0), 6-3
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Bet-At-Home Cup — Kitzbuhel, Austria
(8) Marcel Granollers (ESP) d Robin Haase (NED) — 7-6(0), 3-6, 6-4
(2) Juan Monaco (ARG) d (7) Albert Montanes (ESP) — 7-6(2), 7-5
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Citi Open — Washington DC
Andrea Petkovic (GER) d Paula Ormaechea (ARG) — 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
(4) Alize Cornet (FRA) d (5) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) — 7-6(5), 6-2
(3) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d Monica Niculescu (ROU) — 1-0 Ret.
(7) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d (1/W) Angelique Kerber (GER) — 7-6(0), 3-6, 6-3
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Southern California Open — Carlsbad
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d (3) Petra Kvitova (CZE) — 6-7(6), 7-5, 7-6(8)
(7) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d (4) Roberta Vinci (ITA) — 6-1, 6-7(1), 6-2
(5) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d (2) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) — 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d Urszula Radwanska (POL) — 6-1, 6-2
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Citi Open — Washington DC
M Matosevic defeats (4) M Raonic — 7-5, 7-6(7)
(1) J Del Potro defeats R Harrison — 6-1, 7-5
(3) T Haas defeats T Smyczek — 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
(2) K Nishikori defeats J Sock — 7-5, 6-2
(7) Kevin Anderson defeats (WC) James Duckworth — 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
(8) John Isner defeats (Q) Somdev Devvarman — 7-5, 7-5
Dmitry Tursunov defeats Radek Stepanek — 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
(7) Kevin Anderson defeats Mardy Fish — 7-6(2), 6-1
(16) Marcos Baghdatis defeats (2) Kei Nishikori — 6-1, 6-2
(11) Grigor Dimitrov defeats (6) Sam Querrey — 6-3, 6-2
(1) Juan Martin Del Potro defeats (14) Bernard Tomic — 6-3, 6-3
(3) Tommy Haas defeats (13) Ivan Dodig — 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
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Bet-At-Home Cup — Kitzbuhel, Austria
(2) J Monaco defeats D Gimeno-Traver — 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
R Haase defeats (3) F Verdasco — 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
(7) A Montanes defeats D Thiem — 6-4, 6-3
(8) M Granollers defeats L Mayer — 6-3, 6-1
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Citi Open — Washington DC
(3) Ekaterina Makarova d Caroline Garcia — 6-2, 6-0
(5) Sorana Cirstea d Alison Riske — 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
(4) Alize Cornet d Heather Watson — 6-4, 6-4
(1/W) Angelique Kerber d Melanie Oudin — 7-5, 6-0
(7) Magdalena Rybarikova d Jana Cepelova — 7-5, 5-7, 7-5
Monica Niculescu d (8) Madison Keys — 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(6)
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Southern California Open — Carlsbad
Virginie Razzano d (8) Carla Suarez Navarro — 6-1, 6-4
Urszula Radwanska d (6) Jelena Jankovic — 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
(2) Agnieszka Radwanska d Daniela Hantuchova — 6-3, 6-3
(7) Ana Ivanovic d Coco Vandeweghe — 7-6(5), 6-3