WASHINGTON - The third time was the charm for Croatian Ivo Karlovic, who lifted the ATP Newport title at last with a 6-7(2/7), 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (14/12) victory over Gilles Muller. In fact, he's the oldest ATP singles champion since Marty Riessen in 1979. Karlovic, who had been broken once in Newport heading into the final dropped his first service game. Muller saved four match points on his own serve, but Karlovic gave himself a fifth chance on his serve and made no mistake -- denying the 33-year-old Muller a first career ATP title. "And I was down a match point.

Source: Bangkok Post July 18, 2016 00:56 UTC