Ugo Humbert claimed his second title of the year as the young Frenchman defeated eighth seed Alex de Minaur in straight sets in the European Open final in Antwerp, Belgium.
Humbert - who was a 20/1 pre-tournament selection from Andy Schooler - saved four match points in his semi-final victory over Dan Evans on Saturday and prevailed 6-1 7-6 (4) over his Australian opponent on Sunday.
“It is one of my biggest wins,” Humbert said. “I am super happy to win my second title this year against a really great player. I was aggressive like the previous matches and I am super happy to do it.
“Tennis is completely crazy sometimes. It was great to win against Evans yesterday with four match points (saved). I don’t know what happened today, it was a really nice level, a great match.”
Alexander Zverev reigned in Cologne for the second successive Sunday as he trounced Diego Schwartzman to lift the bett1HULKS Championship title.
The German prevailed at the Lanxess Arena last week and needed only 71 minutes to dispatch Schwartzman 6-2 6-1 at the same venue in a one-sided affair between the tournament’s top two seeds.
“It’s getting better,” Zverev said of his form. “I think we’re going to be on top of the game very soon.”
There was little to split the pair in the opening exchanges but Zverev, the top seed, reeled off four straight games from 2-2 to ease into a one-set lead and leave Schwartzman facing an uphill battle.
The Argentinian was clearly struggling for fluency as the pattern continued in the second set, with Zverev wasting little time in wrapping up his second crown of 2020.
“Sascha was much better,” Schwartzman said. “He deserved to win last week here and he was perfect on court.”
