Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber won Munich's ATP tournament for the third time after downing rising Austrian star Dominic Thiem in Sunday's final. Having won the 2007 and 2012 titles, Kohlschreiber, who hails from the neighboring Bavarian city of Augsburg, ran out the 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 7-6 (7-4) winner after a huge tussle in the final which lasted just under two-and-a-half hours. Having lost the first set on a tie-breaker, the 22-year-old Thiem rallied to take the second, breaking Kohlschreiber to go 4-3 up as the set then followed serve. Kohlschreiber, 32, was not to be denied and squandered two match points at 5-4 up in the third before Thiem broke back to take the game to a second tie-breaker. Having lost to Britain's Andy Murray in last year's Munich final, this is Kohlschreiber's seventh career ATP title. Thiem, ranked 15th in the world, has a bright future and has already picked up 26 wins and two titles this season. Kohlschreiber, ranked 27th in the world, steam-rolled his way to his fifth Munich final after seeing off compatriot Florian Mayer, Juan Martin del Potro and Fabio Fognini en route. Almagro wins Estoril Spain's Nicolas Almagro took nearly three hours to defeat compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 Sunday to win the Estoril Open. The victory marked the first title for the 30-year-old since 2012. Almagro took command of the final with a break midway through the deciding set to escape on a third match point with the 13th trophy of his career. Kerber crashes out in Madrid In Madrid, Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber was dumped out of the Madrid Open in the first round by Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4, 6-2 Sunday. Kerber had travelled to the Spanish capital in fine form having retained her title in Stuttgart last week. However, the second seed was outplayed by the world No. 33 Strycova, who she had beaten 6-1, 6-1 in Miami back in March. Kerber's defeat means Garbine Muguruza is the highest seed left in the bottom half of the draw, and the Spaniard sealed her place in round two with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Anna Schmiedlova. Victoria Azarenka stretched her winning streak to 15 matches after winning in Indian Wells and Miami as she overcame some stiff first set resistance from Britain's Laura Robson to win 6-4, 6-2. Azarenka could meet defending champion Petra Kvitova in the quarterfinals as the Czech had no trouble in disposing of Lara Arrubarrena 6-3, 6-2. US Open finalist Roberta Vinci is out after losing in straight sets to Montenegran Danka Kovinic 6-4, 6-2. German Laura Siegemund continued her great start to the clay-court season after reaching the Stuttgart final as a qualifier as she dumped out ninth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-0, 3-6, 6-3. Eighth seed Carla Suarez Navarro came from a set down to beat Hungary's Timea Babos 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Ana Ivanovic also had to go the distance to see off Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Sara Errani lost in the first round for the third time this season, losing 7-5, 7-5 to Camila Giorgi Saturday. Also Saturday, 12th-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine defeated Yanina Wickmayer of Germany 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round. — Agencies
