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Laslo Djere beats Cecchinato in Sardinia to clinch second ATP title

ByReuters

Updated 18/10/2020 at 14:18 GMT

Laslo Djere won his second ever career ATP title in Italy on Sunday. He defeated Italian Marco Cecchinato 7-6(3) 7-5 in the final of the Sardina Open on Sunday afternoon.

Laslo Djere

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Djere capitalised on Cecchinato's poor second serve to convert four break points in the match while the Italian also made a slew of errors in the tiebreak to hand his opponent the advantage.
The Serb started the second set on the front foot and nearly took a 3-0 lead before the home favourite mounted a comeback.
Djere lost some of his rhythm and made a few errors himself but kept his nerve before eventually breaking Cecchinato in the final game.
Cecchinato was looking to become the first Italian to win a title on home soil in 14 years but took solace in the fact that his run to the final would see him enter the top 100 in the rankings.
"I'm very happy for this," he said. "I stayed very focused on my game during the match from the first to the last point. There are so many positive things from the past few weeks."
Djere, the world number 74, is the third Serbian to win an ATP title this year after world number one and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic (four titles) and 21-year-old Miomir Kecmanovic, who captured his maiden title in Kitzbuehel.
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