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Struff Wins Marathon Semifinal to Reach Brussels Final

The 36-year-old beat top seed Arthur Fils in a three-set tiebreak duel, setting up a final against Tallon Griekspoor with the chance to move into the top 50 alongside a €110,000 winner's prize.

Overview

  • Jan-Lennard Struff beat Arthur Fils 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-5) in a 2-hour-22-minute semifinal that featured multiple saved set points and a decisive final-set tiebreak.
  • Struff will face unseeded Tallon Griekspoor in the Brussels final, a match in which Struff has never beaten Griekspoor in three previous meetings.
  • Reaching the final guarantees Struff a rise to at least world No. 47 and a tournament win would move him to about No. 43, with the champion earning roughly €110,000.
  • This is Struff's fifth ATP-level final and follows his only prior tour title at the BMW Open in Munich in April 2024 and a Wimbledon quarterfinal run earlier in his career.
  • The win underlines Struff's late-career resurgence and resilience under pressure, and the final will test whether he can convert momentum into a second ATP singles title.