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|ranked fourth Tommy Paul won his second BNP Paribas Nordic Open in Stockholm on Sunday, defeating third seed Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-3.
In 2021, Paul won his first ATP Tour title in the Swedish capital. He won his third title of the year on Sunday and went the entire week without dropping a set.
He defeated the Bulgarian in 85 minutes, earning his fourth 2024 Top 10 triumph. Dimitrov made nine winners and 13 unforced mistakes, while Paul made 19 winners and 14 unforced errors.
The American joins World No. 1 Jannik Sinner, his fellow Italian Matteo Berrettini, and No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain among players with at least three season tour victories.
Almaty Open
Karen Khachanov of Russia defeated Gabriel Diallo 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in Kazakhstan to win his first indoor hard-court championship since 2018.
The third-seeded Khachanov pushed the Canadian to the limit in several matches, scoring six of his 19 break-point attempts. In the decisive third set, three of those breaks occurred.
Diallo was trying to win his first victory on the ATP Tour. In addition to the title he won in Doha in February, it was Khachanov’s second consecutive season-long victory.
The European Open
Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain defeated Czech Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 6-1 at Antwerp, Belgium, to win his 12th career title, the first since 2022.
As the oldest ATP Tour victor this season, Bautista Agut is 36 years old, only surpassed by Novak Djokovic, 37. Djokovic’s victory came at the Paris Olympics.
Bautista-Agut smashed 17 winners against five unforced errors in the 75-minute set, while Lehecka, 22, received a master class from the Spaniard. Twelve of them winners came on aces, but Lehecka recorded 21 and 15, respectively. Additionally, Bautista-Agut scored 66 of the 107 points, or 62 percent of the tota