Tomas Berdych clinches back-to-back Stockholm Open titles
Tuesday 27 October 2015 11:41, UK
Top seed Tomas Berdych successfully defended his Stockholm Open title, with a straight sets victory over American Jack Sock in Sunday's final.
The 30-year-old Czech needed 85 minutes to see off the No 7 seed 7-6 (7-1) 6-2, after recovering from 3-5 down in the opening set.
Sock, the world No 32, served for the set in the 10th game - which he lost to 30 - after which the contest quickly slipped away from the 23-year-old from Kansas.
He then lost 15 of the next 19 points as Berdych raced through the tie-break before winning six games in a row to clinch the title.
It was Berdych's third Stockholm title in four years and 12th of his career, while Sock was chasing only his second on the ATP Tour.
Berdych, who did not concede a single set all week, has already qualified for the end-of-season ATP Tour finals in London.
He said: "I've definitely built up a good history here, which always helps. Sometimes you find a place in the world that suits you well, and that's the case here."
