[1/5] Tennis - ATP 250 - Stuttgart Open - Tennis Club Weissenhof, Stuttgart, Germany - June 18, 2023 Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. celebrates with a trophy after winning the Stuttgart Open in the final against Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff REUTERS/Angelika WarmuthJune 18 - Third-seeded Frances Tiafoe survived a championship point and outlasted home favorite Jan-Lennard Struff to win the Boss Open title 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (8) on Sunday in Stuttgart, Germany.
He withstood 28 aces from Struff and finished with 36 winners and just four unforced errors.
Struff ripped 56 winners with 13 unforced errors and recorded the match's only service break in the seventh game of the opening set.
6 seed Tallon Griekspoor rallied to beat Australian Jordan Thompson 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-3 to win his second career title in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Griekspoor saved five of seven break points and finished the 2-hour, 35-minute match with a narrow 108-107 edge in total points.
Persons:
Frances Tiafoe, Germany's Jan, Lennard Struff, Angelika Warmuth, Tiafoe, Tallon Griekspoor, Jordan Thompson, Griekspoor, Thompson
Organizations:
Weissenhof, Stuttgart, Lennard Struff REUTERS, ATP, Struff, Dutchman, Thomson
Locations:
Stuttgart, Germany, Netherlands, Maharashtra, India