Felix Auger-Aliassime thanked his new bride after he beat Jiri Lehecka 7-6 (7\/2), 6-7 (8\/6), 6-2 to lift the Brussels ATP 250 title on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old from Quebec won his eighth ATP title here – his third this season after Montpellier and Adelaide.<\/p>\n
Neither of these powerful servers conceded a break during the first two sets.<\/p>\n
But the Czech Lehecka<\/a>, who also lost in the final last year, saved two match points in the deciding game of the second set before being broken twice in the final set.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s my first tournament as a married man, and I\u2019m leaving with the trophy – I guess I have to give a bit of credit to my wife for this win,” he said after marrying a month ago.<\/p>\n Auger-Aliassime<\/a> married showjumper Nina Ghaibi in Morocco two weeks after making the quarter-finals of the US Open.<\/p>\n Next up for the winner is the ATP 500 in Basel to try for the world top-8 Masters at the end of the year.<\/p>\n He stands ninth just 340 points behind Lorenzo Musetti<\/a>, who stands in the eighth qualifying spot for the ATP Finals.<\/p>\n