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Nalbandian wins Sydney ATP final
Argentine fourth seed David Nalbandian defeated Finland's unseeded Jarkko Nieminen to win the Sydney International final, 6-3 6-7 (9/11) 6-2 on Saturday.
- Agence France-Presse
- Updated: January 17, 2009 11:28 AM IST
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It was Nalbandian's 10th career ATP title in his 20th final appearance, and left Nieminen with just one title from nine finals.
Nalbandian appeared to be heading for a comfortable straight sets victory when he was serving for the match at 5-4, but was broken to love as Nieminen surged back into contention.
The left-handed Finn battled back, taking the second set in a tiebreaker 11 points to nine.
But Nalbandian broke Nieminen's serve three times in the final set to take the championship in two hours and 16 minutes.
Argentine fourth seed David Nalbandian defeated Finland's unseeded Jarkko Nieminen to win the Sydney International final, 6-3 6-7 (9/11) 6-2 on Saturday.It was Nalbandian's 10th career ATP title in his 20th final appearance, and left Nieminen with just one title from nine finals.
Nalbandian appeared to be heading for a comfortable straight sets victory when he was serving for the match at 5-4, but was broken to love as Nieminen surged back into contention.
The left-handed Finn battled back, taking the second set in a tiebreaker 11 points to nine.
But Nalbandian broke Nieminen's serve three times in the final set to take the championship in two hours and 16 minutes.
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