OEIRAS, Portugal -- Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his third
ATP title of 2007 on Sunday, beating Richard Gasquet of France 7-6
(7), 0-6, 6-1 in the Estoril Open final.
Greta Arn of Germany captured the women's title, rallying past
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3).
Djokovic, seeded third and ranked No. 5, also won at Adelaide,
Australia, and Key Biscayne, Fla., this year. Gasquet, seeded
fifth, was playing in his first final of the year after having won
three titles in 2006.
Djokovic and Gasquet each dropped serve twice in the first set
before the Frenchman broke three times to easily win the second
set. Djokovic led 3-0 in the third set and broke again in the sixth
game, then served out the match.
Arn, ranked 176th, had won four lower-level competitions.
Azarenka, ranked 68th, was playing in her first final.
Arn saved three match points in the third set before forcing the
tiebreaker, where the German broke Azarenka three times.
Arn rallied after the first set and broke Azarenka twice in the
second set. She broke the 18-year-old Azarenka on her third try to
open the third set, then saved three break chances before breaking
again to lead 3-0.
Azarenka broke twice over the next six games and was up 40-15 in
the 10th game. Arn pushed the score to deuce then saved match point
for the third time before the players exchanged breaks to force the
tiebreaker.