![]() ![]() There was only one thing he could do and he executed it to perfection. “As I was running, I could see that it would bounce back, because when you hit a smash like that with the frame of the racquet it normally does.”Īnd that is exactly what happened. I actually had a lot of time because the ball went very high and bounced close to the net,” Carreno Busta said. “I tried to run because I could see that it might go in and that it would be difficult for me. He had fractions of a second to react to the mishit ball that had so much spin on it that it bounced back over the net towards his opponent’s court. The last Spaniard to emerge victorious in Hamburg before Carreno Busta was Nadal in 2015.In response, Carreño Busta relied on his lightning-quick reactions and dug deep into his reserves of talent. Spaniards are now 5-4 in finals this season, and both Rafael Nadal and Carreno Busta have claimed two trophies. "It's my fourth final, I still didn't win. "I would like to congratulate Carreno, you were too good today. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals, but is now 0-4 in tour-level finals. He equalled his career-best victory this week as he shocked World No. Sixth seed Krajinovic was competing in his fourth ATP Tour final on Sunday and first since reaching the championship match at the Stockholm Open in 2019. That's very important and today in the final I probably played the best match of the tournament." "I think that I played very good and I continued improving during the week. "I felt very comfortable during the whole week from the first match," Carreno Busta said. 13 this week, is charging closer to his career-high of World No. ![]() 69 in the FedEx ATP Rankings due to a right shoulder injury. Less than two years ago, Carreno Busta fell as low as No. Playing Brooksby? Get Ready For A Battle. "But I served good, so was very important to finish the match." ![]() "Maybe at the end of the match I was very nervous," Carreno Busta said. He held serve to seal his victory in 83 minutes. The sixth seed struggled to use the drop shot as effectively as he had in the previous rounds as Carreno Busta broke again. The match followed a similar pattern in the second set, as Krajinovic was pegged behind the baseline. He moved ahead when Krajinovic hit a forehand long. Photo Credit: Witters/ Hamburg European OpenĬarreno Busta made a strong start, as he stepped inside the baseline to move the Serbian from side to side as he dictated play in the first set as the Spaniard broke twice and hit 17 winners with his powerful groundstrokes. He has bounced back strongly this week after losing to Sam Querrey in the first round at Wimbledon last month. This is the first time he has won two clay-court titles in a season. to Nadal) and the Mallorca Championships (l. He produced a dominant display in the championship match as he won 81 per cent (21/26) of his first-service points and broke Krajinovic three times.Ĭarreno Busta has now recorded 17 clay-court wins this season, having also enjoyed runs to the semi-finals at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (l. Munar) on home soil in April, did not drop a set in Hamburg. The Spaniard, who also won the AnyTech365 Andalucia Open in Marbella (d. "I think that I worked very, very hard to finally win this title. "It's an incredible feeling," Carreno Busta said in an on-court interview. Second seed Pablo Carreno Busta captured his first ATP 500 trophy and sixth tour-level title on Sunday as he overcame Filip Krajinovic 6-2, 6-4 in the Hamburg European Open final. ![]()
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