Gasquet clinches Kremlin Cup title

MOSCOW -Frenchman Richard Gasquet boosted his chances of playing in next month's season-ending ATP World Tour Finals after capturing the Kremlin Cup with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin Sunday. The top seed's hopes of being one of the eight men to play in the lucrative tournament appeared to be ebbing away as he fell a break down midway through the final set in Moscow. However, the 27-year-old clung on in an eighth game that stretched to seven deuces before breaking back to level for 4-4. That appeared to take the fight out of Kukushkin and Gasquet wrapped up his 10th title when his weary opponent slammed a forehand wide. The win allowed Gasquet to leapfrog fellow Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the race to secure a place in the Tour Finals. Reuters

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