THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MUNICH, Germany — Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany beat Marin Cilic of Croatia 7-6 (8), 6-3 Sunday to win the BMW Open for the second time.
Kohlschreiber, seeded fourth, also won this clay-court tournament in 2007. He saved seven of eight break points to capture his fourth title in his sixth ATP final. His previous title also came in Germany — last year’s Gerry Weber Open in Halle.
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"I improved from match to match, felt very well for the whole week and played good tennis," Kohlschreiber said.
Kohlschreiber won C71,900 ($94,419) in prize money and a white BMW Cabrio convertible worth C56,000 ($73,539).
"I don’t really know what I should say. I don’t have as much experience of this as (Roger) Federer," he said.
The third-seeded Cilic won C37,860 ($49,718) as a consolation.