Tsitsipas claims maiden ATP title in Stockholm


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 21 Oct 2018

Tennis - ATP Stockholm Open - Men's Single Final - Stockholm, Sweden - October 21 2018. Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece poses with his trophy next to Sweden's Prince Daniel after winning the ATP Stockholm Open tennis tournament men's single final against Ernests Gulbis of Latvia (L). TT News Agency/Soren Andersson/via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Greek 20-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas added another notch to a remarkable breakthrough season as he beat Latvia's Ernests Gulbis 6-4 6-4 to win the Stockholm Open and claim a maiden ATP title on Sunday.

Tsitsipas, who has rocketed up the rankings to 16th heading into Stockholm, made up for losing two finals this year by outplaying Gulbis in straight sets.

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