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Monfils ends title drought with Citi Open win
- Updated: July 24, 2016
5:59 PM ET
WASHINGTON — Gael Monfils won his first title in 2 1/2 years, erasing a match point and breaking Ivo Karlovic twice in the span of four service games Sunday during a 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-4 victory in the Citi Open final.
Monfils, a Frenchman seeded No. 2, prevented the 37-year-old Karlovic from becoming the oldest man since 1973 to win ATP singles tournaments in consecutive weeks.
And Monfils did it by figuring out a way to just barely neutralize the big serve of the 6-foot-11 Karlovic enough to matter.
Up until 5-4 in the second set, when Karlovic served for the championship, the 13th-seeded Croatian had won all 53 of his service games in the hard-court tournament.
But Monfils came through there, converting his seventh break point of the match when Karlovic pushed a forehand volley long. Karlovic put his hands on his hips, knowing he’d come so close to ending things right then and there.
Karlovic …
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