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Fucsovics wins rare ATP title

By AFP
May 27, 2018

GENEVA: Marton Fucsovics won the Geneva Open on Saturday, becoming the first Hungarian to claim an ATP title for 36 years.

Fucsovics, 26, beat Germany’s Peter Gojowczyk 6-2, 6-2 to set himself up for his first-round match at the French Open against Canadian player Vasek Pospisil, who at 80 is ranked 20 places below him. The Hungarian had claimed the scalp of Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka in the quarter-finals in Geneva.