Cedric Pioline of France has won his first ever BlackRock Masters title to Britain's Greg Rusedski. Pioline also knocked out Pete Sampras in the semis of the event.
Cedric Pioline came from a match point down today, to beat Rusedski in a nail-biting three setter that took 1 hour 45 minutes. The final score was 67(4) 76(3) 11-9(Champion's Tie-Break).The match saw Pioline and Rusedski hit a total of 22 aces.
“I took my chances and it worked,” said Pioline. “It was really close and it came down to a few points and I think at the end maybe I just returned a little bit better than him.”
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