LOS ANGELES: Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta claimed his first ATP Tour title with a 6-7 (8/10), 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 win over Roberto Bautista Agut at the Winston-Salem Open on Saturday.
The 25-year-old Carreno Busta surprised the 17th-ranked Agut after losing the first set at the Wake Forest Tennis Center in North Carolina.
Carreno Busta needed a little more than 2 1/2 hours to become the sixth first-time winner on the ATP Tour this season.
Agut was trying to become the fifth player in Tour history to win three times in one season. He won earlier this year at Auckland, New Zealand, and Sofia, Bulgaria, and has four career titles.
Poland’s Radwanska wins Connecticut Open
Agnieszka Radwanska held on for a 6-1, 7-6 (7/2) win over Elina Svitolina in Saturday’s final of the WTA Connecticut Open, the last tune-up before the US Open.
The top seed and world number four Radwanska claimed her second title of 2016 and the 19th of her WTA Tour.
Radwanska was given a wild card berth to get into the tournament. She needed just 29 minutes to win the first set as Svitolina won just four points on serve all set long.
But the two traded breaks throughout the second set as Svitolina raised her level of play.
Poland’s Radwanska staved off three sets points to send the second set into a tiebreaker.
She then won five consecutive points in the tiebreaker to claim the victory.
“Thank you so much to the tournament director Anne [Worcester], for giving me that wildcard,” Radwanska said. “I definitely appreciate it, and I’ll be back next year for sure.”
Radwanska reached the final by knocking off three-time Connecticut Open champion Petra Kvitova 6-1, 6-1 in a one-side match.
The 25-year-old Carreno Busta surprised the 17th-ranked Agut after losing the first set at the Wake Forest Tennis Center in North Carolina.
Carreno Busta needed a little more than 2 1/2 hours to become the sixth first-time winner on the ATP Tour this season.
Agut was trying to become the fifth player in Tour history to win three times in one season. He won earlier this year at Auckland, New Zealand, and Sofia, Bulgaria, and has four career titles.
Poland’s Radwanska wins Connecticut Open
Agnieszka Radwanska held on for a 6-1, 7-6 (7/2) win over Elina Svitolina in Saturday’s final of the WTA Connecticut Open, the last tune-up before the US Open.
The top seed and world number four Radwanska claimed her second title of 2016 and the 19th of her WTA Tour.
Radwanska was given a wild card berth to get into the tournament. She needed just 29 minutes to win the first set as Svitolina won just four points on serve all set long.
But the two traded breaks throughout the second set as Svitolina raised her level of play.
Poland’s Radwanska staved off three sets points to send the second set into a tiebreaker.
She then won five consecutive points in the tiebreaker to claim the victory.
“Thank you so much to the tournament director Anne [Worcester], for giving me that wildcard,” Radwanska said. “I definitely appreciate it, and I’ll be back next year for sure.”
Radwanska reached the final by knocking off three-time Connecticut Open champion Petra Kvitova 6-1, 6-1 in a one-side match.
