David Goffin has won another tournament after a break of more than three years: The Belgian defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final in Shenzhen in three sets 6:4 and 6:7 (5) and 6:3.
Most recently, Goffin had been successful in Kitzbühel and Metz in 2014 – after a summer in which he had set a winning streak on the previous Challenger tour. 2017 had started well, with the quarter-finals in Melbourne and two finals in Rotterdam and Sofia.Then, however, the Belgian number one in Roland Garros was injured in the match against Horacio Zeballos after a fall on his ankle and had to miss out the entire lawn season.
In the first set, Goffin suffices a break, in the second set Dolgopolov went 5:1 for the time being – but could not escape the set.In the tiebreak, the service went up to 5:5, then Dolgopolov got the set point after an 18 stroke change with a backhand cross ball.And utilized it with the backhand along the line.
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In the decision it went up to the eighth game with the serve, then Goffin got the break to the 5:3.And turned it into a backhand passing ball after 2:03 hours of play.
Davod Goffin not only received 250 points for his success in Shenzhen for the ATP world ranking, but also 118,910 US Dollar prize money.For Dolgopolov, who finished in the semi-finals the race of St. Petersburg winner Damir Dzumhur, there was a pain and suffering of 62,625 US dollars in addition to the 150 points.
With this victory, Goffin equalled the tenth-placed Pablo Carreno Busta in the rankings, Dolgopolov scored nine places and will be 44th on Monday.must be led.
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