Tennis-Haas fights back to win second Los Angeles title

LOS ANGELES, July 31 (Reuters) Sixth seed Tommy Haas clinched his third ATP title of the season with a 4-6 7-5 6-3 victory over Russia's Dmitry Tursunov at the Los Angeles Open.

Outplayed in the opening set, the 28-year-old German fought back to preserve his unbeaten record against the Russian and win the tournament for a second time in three years yesterday.

Haas, who eased past Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty in straight sets in Saturday's semi-final, never looked back after breaking Tursunov for the first time in the 12th game of the second set.

After levelling the match, he broke the Russian again in the second game of the deciding set before serving out to clinch the 10th ATP title of his career.

Haas won hardcourt tournaments earlier this year at Delray Beach and Memphis before suffering a wrist injury in April.

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