Johnson wins clay-court title

Former USC tennis player Steve Johnson fought through late cramps to win the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship, beating Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5) in Houston.

Johnson, 27, won his second ATP Tour title, and became the seventh American to win the event since it moved to Houston in 2001. He also won a grass-court title last year in Nottingham, England.

The fourth-seeded Johnson beat two former champions, Fernando Verdasco (2014) in the quarterfinals and American Davis Cup teammate Jack Sock (2015) in the semifinals, to reach his first final on U.S. soil.

Borna Coric of Croatia claimed his first ATP tour title, saving five match points to defeat German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-5 in the Grand Prix Hassan II final on a clay court in Marrakech, Morocco.

Czech teenager Marketa Vondrousova won her first WTA Tour title, beating Anett Kontaveit of Estonia 6-4, 7-6 (6) in the Biel Ladies Open final in Biel, Switzerland. Vondrousova, 17 and ranked 233rd in the world, completed her victory hours after