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 | Nicolas Mayu won in Newport after turnaround against Hewitt16-07-2013 |
The Frenchman Nicolas Mayu triumph with the title of the tournament in Newport, USA, after beating seeded fourth in the scheme Lleyton Hewitt with 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in the final.
This is the second tournament success for the experienced tennis player of the season on grass, as in June and he won the title in Hertogenbosch. The final in Newport was extremely controversial, as Hewitt served for the match in 5-4 in the second set, but Mayu managed to take three consecutive games to level the score, and then returned from a decisive breakthrough liability section before reaching the final success.
"When you want the victory, everything is possible. I can not believe this is true," said the happy Mayu after the ceremony. With this success, the Frenchman returned to the top 100 in the world rankings for the first time this year.