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Nikoloz Basilashvili became the first Georgian to win an ATP title by defeating the defending champion, the Argentine Leonardo Mayor, 6-4, 0-6, 7-5 Sunday ] in the Open of Germany
The 26-year-old ranked player has recovered from a disastrous second set to win the title in his first final.
Mayer, reached the end of the tournament for the third time in five years, after raising a match against Saturday against Slovak Jozek Kovalik in a semifinal that lasted nearly three hours.
Basilashvili He won the break in the third match to stay in the first set, before his 31-year-old opponent reacted by winning the second set in just 30 minutes.
After sharing the first 10 games of the last set, Basilashvili again got a quieb He then retained his service to win the championship.
"I literally left my heart at every game," Basilashvili told atpworldtour.com. "I'm sure all the players have worked a lot for that, but for me it's an amazing time."
Mayer arrived at the Hamburg acril courts with only two wins in his last nine tournaments, but he returned Glow in your favorite tournament. It's there that he conquered his only track titles, beating David Ferrer in the 2014 final and Florian Mayer in last year.
Argentina's 31-year-old and currently 36 in the standings has now scored 15-3 in five appearances in Hamburg. He was consecrated last year after entering as "lucky loser" and in 138th place in the ranks of ATP.
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