Tennis

Melzer rallies for 3rd career title in Vienna

Published Oct. 31, 2010 1:00 a.m. ET

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Defending champion Jurgen Melzer rallied to beat fellow Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-7 (10), 7-6 (4), 6-4 and win his third career title at the Bank Austria Trophy.

The 12th-ranked Melzer, who is now 3-10 in career finals, narrowly escaped defeat when Haider-Maurer served for the match at 5-3 in the second set.

Melzer is the first player to successfully defend the title in Vienna since Ivan Ljubicic in 2005-06.

The 157th-ranked Haider-Maurer had never advanced to the quarterfinals and is the lowest-ranked player to reach an ATP final this season.

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