{"id":663648,"date":"2026-06-29T02:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T02:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/663648\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T02:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T02:30:17","slug":"lexus-eastbourne-open-2026-zizou-bergs-fights-back-to-win-mens-singles-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/663648\/","title":{"rendered":"Lexus Eastbourne Open 2026: Zizou Bergs fights back to win men\u2019s singles title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The two players had to return to play an extra day on Sunday, with rain suspending all matches the day before.<\/p>\n<p>Humbert \u2013 who defeated Jack Draper in the semi-finals \u2013 got off to a quick start when play resumed, breaking the Belgian twice in the opening set.<\/p>\n<p>Bergs quickly settled into the tricky conditions on the south coast and raised his game throughout the rest of the match.<\/p>\n<p>He responded brilliantly in the second set, with a pair of breaks in the second and sixth games to force the Frenchman to a decider.<\/p>\n<p>Bergs had the edge in the third set, particularly when returning Humbert\u2019s second serve \u2013 winning 57% of the points. The Belgian got the crucial breakthrough at 3-3 and went on to serve out the victory after Humbert hit the net on match point.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a quick turnaround for both players, who will also play each other in the first round of Wimbledon next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to congratulate Zizou on your first title, you played really great today,\u201d Humbert added. \u201cI will see you in a few days for the re-match at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tournament is really great. It\u2019s a nice place and to prepare for Wimbledon, it\u2019s a great week for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the women\u2019s doubles final, top seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani defeated Jesika Maleckova and Miriam Skoch 6-1, 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian, Brazilian duo \u2013 who also made the semi-finals at Roland Garros \u2013 will be full of confidence on the grass as they bid to lift the Wimbledon title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The two players had to return to play an extra day on Sunday, with rain suspending all matches&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-663648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}