Tomic beats Mardy Fish for Kooyong title
Friday, January 13, 2012
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Australian teenager Bernard Tomic won the first four games and went on to beat American Mardy Fish 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 on Saturday to clinch the title at Kooyong, an invitational warmup tournament for the Australian Open.
The 19-year-old Tomic, who plays 22nd-seeded Fernando Verdasco in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday, broke Fish's serve in the last game and sealed the match with a forehand down the line.
Austrian Jurgen Melzer beat Gael Monfils of France 6-3, 6-7 (10), 6-2 for third place.
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