Good week for top seeds as 5 of 6 tournies were won by the top dog.
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Umag ATP 250: 2 Marin Cilic d 4 Marcel Granollers - 64 62
The 23 year-old Croat won his 8th title and 2nd on the season.
He went one further this year as he was the runner-up last year.
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Bastad ATP 250: 1 David Ferrer d 2 Nicolas Almagro - 62 62
David picked up his 16th title, 2nd at Bastad & 5th on the season.
All this and he's still stuck at #5 in the rankings.
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Newport ATP 250: 1 John Isner d W/C Lleyton Hewitt - 76(1) 64
This is John's 4th title and 1st of the season.
This is the 1st time he has ever defended a title.
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Stuttgart ATP 250: 1 Janko Tipsarevic d 2 Juan Monaco - 64 57 63
Janko earned his 3rd career ATP crown and 1st of the season.
He is now 3-6 in finals.
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Stanford WTA: 1 Serena Williams d LL Coco Vandeweghe - 75 63
Serena won her 43rd WTA title, 4th on the year and 2nd at Stanford.
This is also the 2nd straight Sunday with a title following Wimbldeon.
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Palermo WTA: 1 Sara Errani d 8 Barbora Zahlavova Strycov - 61 63
Sara won her 6th WTA title and 4th of the year.
She is the 1st Italian to win 4 titles in a single season.
Fabio Fognini & Calros Berloqc Win Maiden titles at Stuttgart & Bastad - Mahut Takes Title at Newport
Stuttgart ATP 250 - Men's Final
5 Fabio Fognini d 2 Philipp Kohlschreiber - 57 64 64
Post match: Finally, after two finals, I have won. I played great,
great tennis this week. I am really happy to have won the final.
Awww. I like this cat.
Bastad ATP 250 - Men's Final
Carlos Berloqc d 8 Fernando Verdasco - 75 61
Carlos becomes the 9th over-30 tourney winner this season.
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Newport ATP 250 - Men's Final
WC Nicolas Mahut d Lleyton Hewitt - 57 75 63
Post match: When you want to win a final, everything can happen.
I just can’t believe it’s true.
It's his 2nd career title - the 1st was last month at s'Hertogenbosch.
Nico partnered with Roger-Vasselin to take the doubles title.
And *surprise surprise* Nico's part of the over-30 crowd.
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