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Maxime Cressy staged an impressive fightback in the Hall of Fame Open final to outlast Alexander Bublik and scoop his first ATP Tour title.
When he trailed by a set and 3-0, Cressy’s hopes looked almost forlorn, yet the French-American came back to win 2-6 6-3 7-6 (7-3) in two hours and 23 minutes.
The run of six consecutive games in the second set saved Cressy’s skin, before he edged a decider against Russian-born Kazakh rival Bublik in which neither man could force a break of serve.
Cressy had a brief injury timeout near the end of the third set, before sweeping through the tie-break.
The grass-court tournament in Newport, Rhode Island, earlier saw Lleyton Hewitt inaugurated to the International Tennis Federation’s Hall of Fame, with the former US Open and Wimbledon champion on hand to receive the accolade.
Hewitt won the last ATP title of his career at the Hall of Fame Open in 2014, having lost in the final in the previous two seasons.
The 41-year-old Australian described the Hall of Fame entry on Sunday as “an incredible honour”, saying he had previously considered it out of his reach and “for the people that were my idols growing up and the absolute legends of the sport”.
