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Zizou Bergs battles back to beat Ugo Humbert and clinch first ATP title in Eastbourne

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Zizou Bergs won his first tour-level title ⁠and became the first Belgian to win an ATP title ‌on grass in the Open Era on ‌Sunday, beating Ugo Humbert 3-6, ‌6-1, 6-4 in the rain-delayed Eastbourne ‌Open final.

[p]The 27-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergs-zizou/SbeTx1o8/"]Bergs[/a] is set ‌to meet [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/humbert-ugo/O4ywE5Ah/"]Humbert[/a] again at Wimbledon in the first round.[/p][p]Bergs, who ‌had lost two finals before, ⁠ran to ‌hug his team [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/bergs-z-SbeTx1o8/humbert-u-O4ywE5Ah/?mid=hvrXnqVO"]after sealing the win[/a].[/p][embed guid="8be28591-7fe2-4097-b018-121906d58dc4" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2071202361977065588" social-type="twitter" /][p]"[b]The ​results are not there, we keep focusing on improving. ​And that's why we're here today, standing with the trophy[/b]," Bergs told ⁠his team ​during the presentation ceremony.[/p][p]A timely break to go 5-3 up secured the first set for Humbert. But ‌Bergs fought back in the second with a confident second serve, while the Frenchman made 16 unforced errors, jumping from three in the first set.[/p][p]After taking the second set 6-1, Bergs continued to exploit Humbert's errors while targeting the ‌sidelines. The strategy paid off ​when Humbert hit a forehand ‌wide to send Bergs 4-3 up with a break.[/p][embed guid="68dcd838-20c6-4148-992e-c53668e152b2" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2071217376037646615" social-type="twitter" /][p]Bergs held his serve to clinch victory, sealing the win when a frustrated Humbert ⁠hit the ⁠net.[/p]

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