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Monfils saved all four break points he faced
and improved to 6-0 against Pospisil. He tied countryman Richard
Gasquet with his third Montpellier crown, the eighth ATP title
of his career.
Monfils earned the first break of the match in the 12th game,
putting together powerful backhand and forehand passing shots to
take the set. Two double faults by Pospisil gave Monfils a
triple break point in the eighth game of the second set, and the
world No. 9 served out the match.
Tata Open Maharashtra
Unseeded Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic ended a five-year
title drought with a 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-3 victory over No. 8 seed
Egor Gerasimov of Belarus in Pune, India.
Vesely, who won his maiden tour title in Auckland in 2015, fired
26 aces and earned the key break with four straight points to
take a 2-0 lead in the deciding set.
Vesely became the eighth player since 2013 to win a tournament
after saving match points in multiple matches. He survived two
match points against Ilya Ivashka of Belarus in the
quarterfinals and fought off four more in the semifinals against
No. 2 seed Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania.
--Field Level Media
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