By Erik Gudris | Saturday, August 23, 2025
Photo Credit: Winston-Salem Open Facebook
For some matches, it felt like the title Winston-Salem is slipping away MARTON FUCSOVich.
However, the Hungarian veteran recovered in the nickname of the time to look for Winston-Salem open for his third ATP career championship.
In a battle of seedless players, fucSovics exceeded the Dutch Van de zandschulp botic To win ATP 250 Title 6-3, 7-6 (3) on the eve of the main draw game that begins at US Open in New York.
“I’m speechless. Really. I had a long career, some trophies,” said fucsovics Atp.com. “Indeed, this is my third. I’m 33 years old and a half. So, I belong to the older generation, but I’m still here, winning an ATP 250. So I’ll keep fighting. I’m enjoying tennis now. I’ll play as long as I can. I love this sport, so it’s very exciting for me.”
The 33-year-old Fucsovics led 6-3, 5-1 in the final before a combination of nerves on his part and inspired the game from his opponent if fans thought they could be in the store for a third set.
Was a surprise final in Winston-Salem as the main seeds Stefanos tsisisitisi and no. 2 seeds Tallon Grookspoor Lost in the first rounds. This raised Saturday’s final between world No. 94 Fucsovics and World No. 92 Van De Zandschulp who was looking for his first ATP title.
Van de Zandschulp, 29, after an inaccurate first set, made his move late in the second set, despite crossing 1-5. The Dutch went forward to close the points in the net while fucsovics began to show some nerves with the finish line in appearance.
Fucsovics held a match point in his service at 5-2, however he fired a double fault. Van de Zandschulp quickly capitalized to break and would later be withdrawn to return to 4-5.
Van de Zandschulp broke fucsovics again when he served for the second time for the match. After Van De Zandschulp was held for 6-5, fucsovics responded with a necessary service to force a tiebreak.
From there, fucsovics used numerous mistakes by Van de Zandschulp in the tie break to finally leave with him and then the title in straight groups.
In US Open, fucsovics will face no. 27 seeds Denis Shapovalov In the first round. Van de Zandschulp, who was upset Carlos Alcaraz Last year in New York in the third round, will meet with number 11 Holger Rune.
