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Defending champion Jurgen Melzer rallied past Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-7 (10), 7-6 (4), 6-4 Sunday to win his third career title at the Bank Austria Trophy.
The 12th-ranked Melzer held on when Haider-Maurer served for the match at 5-3 in the second set and forced a tiebreaker. Melzer is the first player to successfully defend the title in Vienna since Ivan Ljubicic in 2005-06.
Haider-Maurer, who had never advanced to the quarterfinals, double-faulted twice and hit two unforced errors to let Melzer back into the match.
"It was very, very close," Melzer said. "I just hoped that Andy would start thinking about winning and would get nervous and that's exactly what happened."
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=5749088
The 12th-ranked Melzer held on when Haider-Maurer served for the match at 5-3 in the second set and forced a tiebreaker. Melzer is the first player to successfully defend the title in Vienna since Ivan Ljubicic in 2005-06.
Haider-Maurer, who had never advanced to the quarterfinals, double-faulted twice and hit two unforced errors to let Melzer back into the match.
"It was very, very close," Melzer said. "I just hoped that Andy would start thinking about winning and would get nervous and that's exactly what happened."
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=5749088
