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Nalbandian takes Stockholm title

Published: Oct. 12, 2008 at 6:09 PM
US OPEN TENNIS DAY 7 IN NEW YORK

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Argentina's David Nalbandian scored a three-set victory over Swede Robin Soderling Sunday in the championship match of the Stockholm Open.

The top-seeded Nalbandian took the opening set, then dropped his first set of the tournament before finishing off a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win.

Nalbandian has nine titles in his ATP career, two this season. He also won in Buenos Aires in February.

"I think I played a very solid match today," Nalbandian said. "I did have some chances to win in the second set but at that moment I didn't play so well. Robin is a tough opponent. All our matches are very tight and this time it wasn't different. He hits the ball very hard all the time so I had to play my best to beat him."

Soderling was the event's No. 4 seed.

"It is hard to play Nalbandian," he said. "He takes the ball early and this doesn't match up so well with my style of play."

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