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Klizan claims maiden title

Martin Klizan secured his first ATP Tour title with a straight-sets win over Fabio Fognini in the final of the St Petersburg Open.

The third seed broke his fourth-seed Italian opponent six times en route to a 6-2 6-3 victory in just 69 minutes.

Klizan, ranked 45 in the world, becomes the first Slovakian to win a tour final since Dominik Hrbaty in February 2004.

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