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Alexander Zverev claimed his first ATP World Tour title on Sunday, knocking off US Open champion Stan Wawrinka and ending the teenage title drought on the ATP World Tour. The 19 year old Zverev withstood a late charge from Wawrinka to win the St. Petersburg Open final 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in two hours and 23 minutes. The Hamburg native had been 0-2 in his previous finals this season and in his career (l. to Mayer at Halle; l. to Thiem at Nice). “This victory is something special,” Zverev said. “I played all the finals well. I lost to Dominic Thiem on clay and I could have won against Florian Mayer on the grass... Now I'm very happy with the win, especially over such a great player like Stan.” The upset ends two winning streaks for Wawrinka: His finals streak, which ends at 11 and started in January 2014 with a victory against Edouard Roger-Vasselin in Chennai. The win also snaps Wawrinka's overall win streak at 10, dating back to his first-round match at the US Open. “We showed high-q...

Canada's Milos Raonic lost his first-ever appearance in a Grand Slam final, falling in straight sets to Great Britain's Andy Murray at Wimbledon on Sunday. Murray broke the Canadian's serve only once, taking the opening set 6-4 before capturing the second and third sets in tiebreaks, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2). It's the third Grand Slam title for Murray, to go with his 2012 U.S. Open and 2013 Wimbledon championships. Sunday's win ended a three-match losing streak in Grand Slam title matches. The sixth-seeded Raonic, of Thornhill, Ont., was bidding to become the first player representing Canada to win a Grand Slam title and got to the final by beating seven-time Wimbledon champ Roger Federer in the semifinals. Leading up to the final, Raonic had averaged 25 1/2 aces while being broken a total of only five times through six matches. However, it was Murray's return ability triumphing over held Raonic's blistering power. It took the Canadian 36 minutes and five service ga...