SHENZHEN, March 17, 2019

Marcos Baghdatis is the champion of the 2019 Pingshan Open held at the Shenzhen Interntaional Tennis Center. The No. 2 seed from Cyprus battled past Stefano Napolitano of Italy in Sunday’s singles final, winning 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

Baghdatis sent down nine aces and broke his opponent’s serve five times to prevail after two hours and 31 minutes.

By lifting his first trophy in five years, the 33-year-old former World No. 8 took away $10,800 in prize money as well as 90 ATP Ranking points. Baghdatis clinched his 11th ATP Challenger title overall.

Earlier in the day, Cheng-Peng Hsieh of Chinese Taipei and Christopher Rungkat of Indonesia claimed the doubles title. The top seeds fought past Zhe Li of China and Goncalo Oliveira from Portugal 6-4, 3-6, 10-6. The encounter lasted one hour and 11 minutes.