NISHIKORI BEATS TEEN FRITZ FOR FOURTH MEMPHIS TITLE
Kei Nishikori of Japan won his fourth consecutive Memphis Open title Sunday, beating American teen Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4. Nishikori joined Jimmy Con
nors as the only four-time winners of the event and became the fourth active player to win an event four times, joining Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Ranked No. 7 in the world, Nishikori won his 11th career title. Fritz, 18, was the youngest American to reach an ATP Tour final since Michael
Chang won an event in London in 1989 at 17.
uMartin Klizan rallied past fifth-seeded Gael Monfils 6-7 (7-1), 6-3, 6-1 to win the indoor World Tennis Tournament on Sunday in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Klizan, a 26-year-old Slovak who had saved eight match points en route to the final, won six of the seven break points he faced against Monfils in their two-hour match. Monfils had 12 aces but was broken five times.
uTop- seeded Venus Williams overpowered Misaki Doi of Japan 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday to win the Taiwan Open in Kaohsiung without dropping a set in the tournament. Williams, a seven-time major winner who lost in the first round of the Australian
Open last month, earned her 49th career WTA title.
uRoberta Vinci ended a losing streak in finals, defeating topseeded Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-3 to take the inaugural St. Petersburg (Russia) Ladies Trophy on Sunday. It was the 10th career win for 16th-ranked Vinci in a WTA singles final and ended her 0-4 streak in finals dating to 2013, including last year’s U.S. Open.