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Delray Beach Open
Delray Beach, U.S.A.
RESULTS – SUNDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2016
Singles – Final
S. Querrey (USA) d R. Ram (USA) 64 76(6)
Doubles – Final
O. Marach (AUT) / F. Martin (FRA) d [1] B. Bryan (USA) / M. Bryan (USA) 36 76(7) 13-11 saved 6 m.p.
QUERREY ENDS TITLE DROUGHT; MARACH/MARTIN WIN DOUBLES TITLE
• Sam Querrey won his first ATP World Tour title since Los Angeles 2012 by defeating Rajeev Ram.
• Querrey improved to 8-7 in tour-level finals after losing in Houston (l. to Sock) and Nottingham (l. to Istomin) last year.
• 11 of Querrey’s 15 finals have come on American soil.
• Querrey notched his fourth victory over Ram in five FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings.
• Ram downed No. 2 seed Bernard Tomic and No. 4 seed Grigor Dimitrov en route to his first ATP World Tour final on hard court.
• Oliver Marach and Fabrice Martin saved six match points to see off top seeds and defending champions Bob and Mike Bryan.
• The Austrian/French duo improved to 11-3 since joining forces at the start of 2016
WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID
Querrey: “We were both a little nervous today, it wasn’t the cleanest match. I just battled through and happened to hit one great shot in the second set, and it was on match point.
“Sometimes it feels better to win when you don’t play your best, because you know you have another gear. I had two finals last year, both close losses, so it feels good to be in the winner’s circle.”
Ram: “I played well on match point, I thought. He just came up with a great shot. People don’t give [Querrey] credit for how well he moves.
“It’s hard when you play someone you know so well in a final. I would’ve loved to hold my serve every time and win 6-4, 6-4, but that’s not how it works. What I was more disappointed about was not keeping the momentum I had in both sets. I thought I played well in the tie-break, but he hit the outside of the line three times.”
Marach: “It was a big honour to play against [the Bryans] in the final.
“Fabrice and I have a great relationship. We only started playing together recently but I hope we continue and win some more tournaments this year.”
Martin: “We always thought we had nothing to lose. We knew we were going to make it a good match. We gave it everything we had, and we got a bit lucky in the end.”
M. Bryan: “It hurts. We’ll probably have a sleepless night, thinking about what we could have done differently, but that’s doubles. It’s a fine line.
“Davis Cup will be big. Then we’ll head down to Indian Wells and Miami, and hopefully kick off the year with a win over there.”
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