Wawrinka first to win 2 titles in '15

Prior to this week, 29-yr-old Italian qualifier, barely ranked inside the top 150, Luca Vanni had never won a main draw ATP match.  That changed as he reeled off 3 successive victories to reach the Sao Paulo final.  But the Cinderella story would end there as Pablo Cuevas won his 3rd career title, all in the last calendar year, in a 3rd set tiebreak.  In Rotterdam, 3 of the top 4 seeds reached the semis, but it was Stan Wawrinka who emerged victorious for his 2nd title of the season, defeating Berdych in the final.  Memphis has proved to be a nice tournament for Kei Nishikori, who has now won the tournament in three consecutive years.  This year he lost 3 sets to American players (two of them qualifiers) but then managed to see off Anderson in the final in straight sets.  Andrea Petkovic had the two marathon wins in Fed Cup last weekend (as well as some long matches this week) and now has an WTA title to boast about as well, although she didn't even need to play the Antwerp final, because Suarez Navarro pulled out.  And in Pattaya City, Daniela Hantuchova, who we haven't heard much from recently, won the title over 1st time finalist Tomljanovic.

Tournament Finals
Rotterdam (ATP): 4) Stan Wawrinka (SUI) def. 3) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 4-6 6-3 6-4
Memphis (ATP): 1) Kei Nishikori (JPN) def. 2) Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-4 6-4
Sao Paulo (ATP): 5) Pablo Cuevas (URU) def. Q) Luca Vanni (ITA) 6-4 3-6 7-6(4)
Antwerp (WTA): 3) Andrea Petkovic (GER) def. 5) Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) w/o
Pattaya City (WTA): Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) def. Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 3-6 6-3 6-4

Wawrinka: 9th career title, 2nd of 2015, last '15 Chennai, 1st indoor win
Nishikori/Anderson: 8th career title, 3rd in Memphis ('13,'14), last '14 Tokyo
Cuevas: 3rd career title, last '14 Umag
Petkovic: 6th career title, last '14 Sofia
Hantuchova: 7th career title, 3rd in Pattaya City ('11,'12), last '13 Birmingham

Defending Champions
Rotterdam: Tomas Berdych (CZE), F l. to Wawrinka
Memphis: Kei Nishikori (JPN) x2, F vs Anderson
Sao Paulo: Federico Delbonis (ARG), R1 l. to Bagnis
Antwerp (Paris): Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS), did not play
Pattaya City: Ekaterina Makarova (RUS), did not play

First ATP Final
-Q) Luca Vanni (ITA), 29-yr-old ranked #149 (Sao Paulo)

First ATP QF
-Vanni

First ATP QF
-Q) Austin Krajicek (USA), 24-yr-old ranked #156 (Memphis)
-Vanni

First ATP win
-Jared Donaldson (USA), 18-yr-old ranked #180 (Memphis)
-Vanni

First WTA Final
-Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO), 21-yr-old ranked #68 (Pattaya)

First WTA SF
-Tomljanovic

First WTA QF
-Ying-ying Duan (CHN), 25-yr-ranked #130 (Pattaya)

First WTA win
-Q) Indy de Vroome (NED), 18-yr-old, ranked #247 (Antwerp)

Americans Results (men 14-9)
-Querrey l. to 1-Nishikori, Memphis SF; def. 3-Isner, QF; def. Donaldson, R2; def. 7-Becker, R1
-Young l. to 2-Anderson, Memphis SF; def. Tomic, QF; def. q-Kudla, R2; def. 8-Mannarino, R1
-3-Isner l. to Querrey, Memphis QF; def. Dodig, R2
-6-Johnson l. to 2-Anderson, Memphis QF; def. Brown, R2; def. l-Krajinovic, R1
-q-Krajicek l. to 1-Nishikori, Memphis QF; def. 5-Karlovic, R2; def. Kukushkin, R1
-Donaldson l. to Querrey, Memphis R2; def. Kozlov, R1
-q-Kudla l. to q-Harrison, Memphis R2; def. q-Kokkinakis, R1
-q-Harrison l. to 1-Nishikori, Memphis R2; def. Jaziri, R1
-Kozlov l. to Donaldson, Memphis R1

Notable results
-Joao Souza (BRA), now 26-yr-old ranked #110, is enjoying a bit of a resurgence, reaching his first ATP semi since '11 Kitzbuhel
-Americans posted a 7-1 1st round record in Memphis, 5-3 in the 2nd round with 3 of those 4 losses being to compatriots
-Harrison, Krajicek, and Querrey each took a set off top seed a 2-time defending champion Nishikori in Memphis
-Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) is back on tour, qualifying in Antwerp before losing to Cibulkova
-Nicolas Almagro (ESP) is also back on tour after some lengthy injury troubles and he reached the QF in Sao Paulo

3rd set Tiebreaks
Q) Austin Krajicek (USA) def. Mikhail Kukushkin 10-8, Memphis R1
6) Steve Johnson (USA) def. Dustin Brown (GER) 7-3, Memphis QF
Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) def. 7) Monica Puig (PUR) 9-7, Pattaya City SF
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) def. Marina Erakovic (NZL) 7-3, Pattaya City SF
1) Kei Nishikori (JPN) def. Sam Querrey (USA) 7-5, Memphis SF
5) Pablo Cuevas (URU) def. Q) Luca Vanni (ITA) 7-4, Sao Paulo F

Longest Tiebreak
Young def. Mannarino 11-9, Memphis R1