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Tennis roundup: Samantha Stosur wins Strasbourg International

Samantha Stosur hits a return during a match against Sesil Karatantcheva at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C., on April 7, 2015.

Samantha Stosur hits a return during a match against Sesil Karatantcheva at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C., on April 7, 2015.

(Mic Smith / Associated Press)
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Third-seeded Samantha Stosur rallied to beat Kristina Mladenovic 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the final of the Strasbourg International in France on Saturday, claiming her first title of the year.

The 26th-ranked Stosur, a former French Open runner-up, is returning to form after reuniting last month with former coach David Taylor.

Before Strasbourg, where she won a seventh career title, Stosur had won only eight matches in 2015.

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The Australian dropped her serve twice in the opening set but was at her defensive best in the following sets, saving all five break points she faced.

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Dominic Thiem held his nerves to win his first ATP tour title as he completed a tight 6-7 (8), 7-5, 7-6 (2) victory over fourth-seeded Leonardo Mayer in the final of the Open de Nice.

The 21-year-old Thiem, who defeated second-seeded John Isner in the semifinals, hit seven aces and fended off all six break points to come out on top of a nearly-three hour match at the French Open warmup tournament.

It was Thiem’s second tour final after losing to David Goffin last year in Kitzbuhel.

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Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil won the revived Geneva Open title, beating sixth-seeded Joao Sousa of Portugal 7-6 (4), 6-4.

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The 27-year-old Bellucci’s fourth career ATP title was his third in Switzerland. He also won on clay at the Swiss Open in Gstaad in 2009 and 2012.

Bellucci, a 60th-ranked left-hander, wasted three set points at 5-4 in the first before winning the tiebreaker.

He trailed by a service break in the second then reeled off four straight games to complete the victory.

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Karin Knapp defeated fellow Italian Roberta Vinci 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-1 to win the Nuremberg Cup final in Germany.

The sixth-seeded Knapp forced 17 break points and converted seven — three of those in the final set — to beat her fourth-seeded compatriot in 2 hours, 6 minutes.

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Vinci had a walkover to the final of the clay-court tournament after the second-seeded Angelique Kerber pulled out of their semifinal with back problems.

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