Andreas Seppi Dismisses Paire For Belgrade Trophy

Written by: Staff on 6th May 2012

Andreas Seppi Dismisses Paire For Belgrade Trophy

epa03196647 Italy's Andreas Seppi returns the ball to Germany's Cedrik-Marcel Stebe during their second round match at the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy 2012 tennis tournament in Bucharest, Romania, 26 April 2012. Seppi won 6-2 and 6-3. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT |

Second seed Andreas Seppi dismissed first-time ATP World Tour finalist Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-2 at the Serbia Open 2012 Sunday to win his first title of the year in Belgrade.

Seppi won 67 per cent of his second serve return points to break the Frenchman five times, wrapping up the final victory in 71 minutes.

The Italian improved to a 2-1 record in title matches, adding to his triumph at the AEGON International in Eastbourne (d. Tipsarevic) last year. He is 7-2 on clay this season.

The 96th-ranked Paire was bidding to become the lowest-ranked player to lift an ATP World Tour trophy in 2012, as well as the first player this season to capture his maiden tour-level title. He had defeated three seeded players en route to the final.

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