The seeded n ° 7 Alex de Minaur saved three match points and rallied for a 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (3) victory on the seeded n ° 12 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Fokina in the final of the Mabadala Citi Dc Marathon open on Sunday in Washington.
The 26 -year -old Australian won his 10th ATP title and his first in more than a year. He dragged 5-2 in the third set against the Spaniard Davidovich Fokina, but he returned to force a break in equality.
The 10th match of this set alone included 18 points; Three times in a row, Davidovich Fokina took the advantage-40 and had a match point, and three times, from Minaur equalized the match. He won the last three points of the equal break to finish the match at three o’clock and three minutes.
De Minaur hit nine AS and saved 5 of the 8 break points. Davidovich Fokina finished with more winners (28-23) but also more uncomposed errors (57-45).
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Canadian Vasek Pospisil, 35, played his last match before retiring from tennis, while Facundo Bagnis in Argentina beat him 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 on the first day of action during the ATP 1000 event in Toronto.
It was a better story for his compatriot, Nicolas Arseneault, 18. In the main draw as a joker, Arsenault killed French Valentin Royer 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Arseneault – classified n ° 636 in the world and of Richmond Hill, Ontario, nearby. – hit five aces on his way to win 44 of the 59 points at the first service (74.6%). His opponent made 48 uns forked mistakes.
Sunday, the other winners understood Emilio Nava, Reilly Opelka, learner Tien, Tomas Barrios Veras Vera from Chile, the French Giovanni Mpeshi Perricard, the Russian Roman Safiullin, the Adam Walton in Australia and the Argentines Juan Fifcovich and Tomas Etchach and Tomas Etcheverry.
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