Tallon Griekspoor clinches maiden ATP Tour title

PUNE: Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands came back from a set deficit to overcome World No. 60 Benjamin Bonzi of France in three hard-fought sets in the men's singles final of the Tata Open Maharashtra, becoming the first player since Marc Andrea Huesler at Sofia in 2022 to win his first tour-level title in his maiden appearance in the final, here on Saturday.

This was the first ATP Tour final featuring both first-time finalists since 2022 Munich and both Griekspoor and Bonzi gave it their all to treat the capacity crowd at the Centre Court in the Balewadi Stadium to a thrilling encounter.

After losing the first set, Griekspoor came back strongly to win the match 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in two hours and 16 minutes at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex here. IANS

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