Brasil Open Champion: Tommy Robredo

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Tommy Robredo beat Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci 6-3 3-6 6-4 in tonight's final. The match took 132 minutes. At first, it looked like it was going to be a routine win for the Spaniard and then Bellucci gave him a bit of trouble.


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Robredo broke the young lefty in the second game and consequently took the first set easily. The crowd turned up the volume in the second set for their local favorite. Bellucci then broke Robredo in the middle of the second set and snuck off with the set. In the third set, everyone was on serve until the sixth game when Robredo broke Bellucci. The Brazilian had break point on Robredo's next serve to break back, but the Spaniard held on. Bellucci held serve on the next game and then broke back the ninth game. Robredo broke back again for the title.

This is Robredro's eighth ATP World Tour title and his seventh on clay. His won his last title on clay last year in Bastad, Sweden.