GSTAAD, Switzerland — Austria's Dominic Thiem claimed his third career ATP title when downing top seed David Goffin 7-5, 6-2 in the Swiss Open final Sunday. The 21-year-old third seed added this to his wins in Nice in May and last week in Umag to become the first Austrian to get on the Gstaad roll of honor. For Thiem there was a sense of revenge as last season Belgium's Goffin had come out on top when they met in the final at Kitzbuehel. On the way to the final he overcame second seed Feliciano Lopez of Spain in the semis and another Spaniard, seventh seed Pablo Carreno-Busta in the last eight. Thiem went 3-1 up in the opening set only for Goffin to peg him back with two breaks of serve only for a double fault allowing Thiem to level at 5-5. A third break saw Thiem take the set, and with momentum on his side he closed out comfortably to win in one hour and 26 minutes. In the semifinals, Goffin won 6-4, 6-2 against Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil and Thiem beat second-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3. Isner faces Baghdatis Top-seeded John Isner kept his bid for a third straight Atlanta title on track Saturday, rallying for a three-set semifinal victory over qualifier and friend Denis Kudla. Isner unleashed 25 aces and converted three of nine break chances to defeat his fellow American 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. In Sunday's final he faces fifth-seeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, a 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) winner over seventh-seeded Gilles Muller of Luxembourg. Gasparyan tastes victory Russian Margarita Gasparyan won her maiden WTA title Sunday beating Patricia Tig of Romania in three sets 6-3, 5-7, 6-0 to land the Baku Cup. Gasparyan, 20 and ranked 112th in the world, looked to be in trouble when the year older Tig showed the kind of form she had Saturday to topple top seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, ranked 100 places above her in 42nd, and leveled the match by taking an enthralling second set. However, Gasparyan, who came through qualifying to make both the main draws of the French Open and Wimbledon this year losing in the first round to eventual champion Serena Williams at the latter, gathered herself together and whisked her way through the deciding set. — Agencies
