Tommy Haas wins in the finals of Vienna

Tommy Haas won his 15th

Won tournament on the ATP Tour. The 35 -year-old defeated in the finals of the tournament hall of the Vienna Dutchman Robin Haase 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 and celebrated his second triumph in Austria's capital after in 2001.

A year earlier, the Hamburg-born residents had lost his final match at Los Angeles premiere in Vienna against the British Tim Henman. In the third set Haas had already located with 2:4 rear.

Haas conceded for his second tournament success after winning in Munich on 5 May a check for 90,500 euros and 250 points for the ATP season standings. There is Haas twelfth place, only the best eight players of the year at the ATP finals in the Olympic city of 4 London to 11 November it. "I still have a small chance, but I have to play extremely well," Haas, who wants to get in the next two weeks at the tournaments in Valencia and Paris, the necessary counter said. But Haas knows the difficulty of the task. „I may have even won the Masters in Paris. "

Hard-fought victory

Haase conceded against Haas, who had initially struggled with his serve, an early break to 1:2. But the veteran of which was not deterred, countered with the re-break and put another break for a 4-2 lead after. After 35 minutes, Tommy Haas converted his first set ball. In the second round turned the world ranked twelfth. with a break for 1-0 pointing the way to win, but this time hit Haase back to 1:1.
The Dutchman from The Hague proved tough nut. At 4:4 and 15:40 he fended off two break points of his German opponent, and then managed the break to win the set. In a close third set Haas threatened by a premium loss to 2:4 match of loss, but he turned the match with two breaks to 4:3 and 5:4. After 2:05 Haas turned the first match to triumph.