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  •   Home > News > Sports > Tennis

    The ATP Tour has a new champion

    The ATP Tour has a new champion


    Ugo Humbert has prevailed in a thrilling final over fellow Frenchman Benoit Paire at the ASB Classic in Auckland.

    The 21-year-old won the first set before dropping the second.

    Humbert lost a match point with the third set at 5-4, with it eventually reaching a tie-break where he finally prevailed to claim his first title on the tour.

    Earlier Ben McLachlan and Luke Bambridge beat kiwi Marcus Daniell and Philipp Oswald in the doubles final.

    TENNIS WITH CROWN FORKLIFTS. ASK ABOUT GETTING ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS WITH THEIR DEMO CHALLENGE.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Tennis News
     07 Jan: Third seed Iva Jovic has booked her quarter-final spot at Auckland's ASB tennis Classic with a 7-6 6-4 second round win over Sara Bejlek /
     07 Jan: Disappointment for Kiwi doubles specialist Erin Routliffe at her home WTA Tour event
     06 Jan: Iva Jovic and Alex Eala are coming to grips with who they played ... and beat ... in the opening round of the doubles at the ASB Classic
     06 Jan: Two of the more high profile American players at the ASB Tennis Classic have suffered first round exits
     05 Jan: Youth is out-gunning experience in the first round of doubles at the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland
     05 Jan: Hopes the ASB Tennis Classic will be the first of many strong events on the Auckland calendar
     04 Jan: Venus Williams has lifted the lid on why she is still playing tennis after all these years
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