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Thiem wins rain-delayed Mercedes Cup

[June 14, 2016] The Sports Xchange

Dominic Thiem completed his victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber on Monday to capture his seventh ATP title in the rain-interrupted Mercedes Cup final at Stuttgart, Germany.

Third-seeded Thiem of Austria won 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4 in two hours and 11 minutes. The match was suspended on Sunday with seventh-seeded Kohlschreiber of Germany taking a 3-2 lead in the tiebreaker when play was halted due to rain.

"It feels absolutely unreal because I came here without any expectations basically, and I'm pretty sure that it's the most special title for me," the 22-year-old Thiem said.

"I didn't play that well on grass over the past two years, and this tournament was so strong. I'm the winner here, I really cannot believe it."

Ricoh Open

Nicolas Mahut of France became a three-time Ricoh Open champion when he beat Gilles Muller 6-4, 6-4 in the rain-delayed final at The Hague, Netherlands.

The eighth-seeded wild card defeated the seventh-seeded Muller of Luxembourg in 76 minutes for his fourth ATP World Tour grass-court title.

"Playing a final is always special, but this was different," the 34-year-old Mahut said. "Getting the trophy is the most important thing. Winning the tournament as the World No. 1 in doubles is really special. I started the match really well and tried to relax. I know winning a title doesn't happen every week.

"Yesterday, I had to change my flights. I will now go to the airport for the earliest flight to London. I have to be ready to play Andy Murray (Tuesday) at the Aegon Championships."

ATP Aegon Championships

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American Steve Johnson upset No. 4 Richard Gasquet of France 7-6 (2), 6-2 in the weather-delayed first round of the ATP Aegon Championships at Queen's Club, London.

Heavy downpours swept across the Queen's Club and Johnson's win was the only first-round match to be completed. The following three singles matches were postponed and there is more rain forecast for Tuesday.

WTA Aegon Classic

American Madison Keys made an impressive first-round start, beating Timea Babos of Hungary 7-6 (3), 6-4 at the WTA Aegon Classic in Birmingham, Great Britain.

The 21-year-old Keys, seeded seventh, took seven successive points in the tie-breaker after being down 0-3.

"I think I was rushing too much to get the first set over in those moments when I played badly," Keys said. "But I have become better at figuring stuff out after this clay court season."

Britain's Heather Watson beat Camila Giorgi of Italy 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the second round, joining Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko, who defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 7-6 (2), 6-1.

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