Matej Dodig beat Elmer Moller 3:6, 6:3, 6:2 in the final of the Braga Open, a Challenger 75 event, to win the title. The Croatian capped his week in Braga with his fifth consecutive victory, api.tennis reports.
How the final was decided
The Dane took the first set. Dodig then took control: he won the second set to level the score, and allowed Moller to take just two games in the deciding set.
The players took different routes to the title. Dodig opened with a win over Andrea Pellegrino (6:3, 3:6, 6:1), then beat Miguel Damas (6:4, 6:1), Marvin Moller (6:2, 6:3) and Lukas Neumayer (6:3, 6:1). He won his three matches before the final in straight sets. All four of Elmer Moller’s wins before the final went to three sets: against Thiago Monteiro (7:6, 5:7, 6:4), Zsombor Piros (1:6, 6:1, 7:5), Thiago Pereira (5:7, 6:2, 6:1) and Vilius Gaubas (6:2, 4:6, 6:4). The final was the Dane’s fifth consecutive match to go to a deciding set.
According to rank.tennis, Dodig is ranked 147th with 379 points. Elmer Moller is 161st with 353 points.