London – Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez claimed the biggest title of his long career when he battled back to beat Marin Cilic 4-6 7-6(2) 7-6(8) at the Queen’s tournament in London.
It was a nerve-wracking match in the final of the Aegon Championships at Queen’s Club on Sunday.
The 35-year-old, who suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the 2014 final when he held a match point against Grigor Dimitrov, this time had it in a different way.
He saved a match point in a tense final set tiebreak before toppling the Croat.
Lopez saved his match point with a steely volley at 5-6 in the breaker before Cilic fended off two.
Then, at the third time of asking, crowd favorite Lopez could celebrate after fourth seed Cilic pulled a forehand into the tramlines.
It was Lopez’s sixth career title and third on grass.