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Kohlschreiber bags first title

MUNICH: Philipp Kohlschreiber won his first title on Sunday by beating doubles partner Mikhail Youzhny 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the BMW Open.

The 23-year-old German denied the third-seed Russian his fourth title, needing four match points to close out the match. He became the first German winner of the clay-court event since Michael Stich in 1994.

Kohlschreiber will break into the top 40 for the first time on Monday when the new rankings are released.

Bhupathi-Stepanek lose

Earlier on Saturday night Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek bowed out of the doubles after a three-set loss in the semifinals. The Indo-Czech pair went down 6-4, 3-6, 8-10 to Russia's Mikhail Youzhny and Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.

At Oeiras (Portugal), Greta Arn of Germany won the Estoril Open on Sunday after rallying to beat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3).

Arn saved three match points in the third set before forcing the tie-breaker, where the 176th-ranked German broke Azarenka three times.

The results: At Estoril (Estoril Open): Final: Women: Greta Arn bt Victoria Azarenka 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(3).

At Munich (BMW Open): Men: Singles: Final: Philipp Kohlschreiber bt Mikhail Youzhny 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. — Agencies

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