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Top-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany overcame dropping the primary set to publish a 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over unseeded Russian Roman Safiullin within the Chengdu Open closing on Tuesday in Chengdu, China.
Zverev, 26, recorded 10 aces to dispatch Safiullin and win the match in two hours, 56 minutes. Zverev captured his first hard-court title because the Nitto ATP Finals in November 2021.
Safiullin, 26, collected 33 winners however was undone, partly, by 15 unforced errors and 4 double faults.
Zhuhai Championships
No. 1 seed Karen Khachanov captured his fifth tour-level title and first since 2018 with a 7-6 (2), 6-1 win over eighth-seeded Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan in Zhuhai, China.
Khachanov, 27, recorded 34 winners and 9 aces to win the match in a single hour, 43 minutes. The Fifteenth-ranked Russian was competing in simply his second singles match since sustaining a stress fracture in his again throughout his run to the quarterfinals on the French Open in May.
Nishioka, 27, was bidding for his third tour-level title and first since Seoul final yr.
–Field Level Media