Gilles Simon of France returns the ball to Robin Soderling of Sweden during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 30, 2011. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE – Tags: SPORT TENNIS)
France’s Gilles Simon became the seventh player to win at least two tournaments on the ATP World Tour this year by stopping Spain’s Nicolas Almagro in the final of the German Open Championships 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Simon became the first French player since Henri Leconte 25 years ago to win the Hamburg title.
“It was a high intensity final,” Simon said. “I think Nicolas played very good tennis, very consistent. I knew before he could hit very hard, but also, he didn’t miss anything, so I really had to fight hard on every point. We played almost three hours and it was a really, really hard match.
“I feel very, very good. I had to win so many tough matches this week. Today, the final was really hard to win. I had to play my best tennis and I̵...
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