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Posted on: Sunday, September 27, 2009

Tennis: Monfils beats Kohlschreiber to win Open de Moselle


Associated Press

METZ, France — Top-seeded Gael Monfils has won his second career ATP Tour title, taking the Open de Moselle final 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-2 over Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.

Monfils served 14 aces and broke the 23rd-ranked Kohlschreiber twice in the last set before closing out the match in 2 hours, 13 minutes on Sunday. The Frenchman had won their previous encounter last year in Vienna.

Monfils reached the fourth round at this year's U.S. Open. His first ATP victory came at Sopot, Poland, in 2005.