Tennis: Monaco lifts ATP title

HOUSTON: Fourth-seed Juan Monaco of Argentina outlasted US second-seed John Insner 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the final of the ATP US Men’s Clay Court Championship. Monaco, ranked 16th in the world, captured his fifth career ATP title and his second of the year after a February crown at Vina del Mar. Before this, he had not won an ATP title since 2007. Monaco, who improved to 5-8 in ATP finals, had reached the semi-finals last month at Miami, losing to world number one Novak Djokovic.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 17^th, 2012.