Cypriot tennis player Marcos Baghdatis has won the third ATP title of his career on Sunday with a 6-1 and 7-5 victory over Belgian Olivier Rochus, in the Stockholm Open final.
The Cypriot, who had slipped to 66 in the ATP rankings, outplayed Rochus in the first set and then survived a fight back from the Belgian in the second.
Baghdatis came back from 4-2 down and eventually broke Rochus to 6-5. He went on to grab two match points with a fine backhand down the line and then wrapped up the match with an ace.
''It's a great feeling and I'm so happy,'' Baghdatis said in an on-court interview. ''It's been a long while since I've won a tournament, especially an ATP tournament.''
Baghdatis' two previous wins came in Beijing in 2006 and in Zagreb in 2007.
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