Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic saved two match points on the way to a gritty 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 victory over Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Sunday to capture his second career ATP title at Delray Beach, Florida.
Down a break at 5-2 in the third set, Serbia's Kecmanovic fought off a pair of match points against his own serve in the eighth game.
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Davidovich missed a forehand by the barest margin on the first and Kecmanovic had some help from the net cord on a volley winner on the next.
It launched a run of five straight games for Kecmanovic to close out the match.
Davidovich, seeking his first career title, gave himself a glimmer of a chance in the final game but couldn't convert a break point and after Kecmanovic let one match point get away the Spaniard sailed yet another forehand long on the Serbian's second chance.
Kecmanovic, 25, claimed a second title to go with the Kitzbuhel claycourt crown he won in 2020.
Ranked 56th to start the week he'll return to the top 50 in the world for the first time since August when the new rankings are released on Monday.
It was a bitter end to the tournament for 25-year-old Davidovich, the world No 60 who had stopped American Taylor Fritz's bid for a third straight Delray Beach title in the quarterfinals on the way to his second career final.