American Maxim Cressy won his first professional title by defeating Kazakh Alexander Bublik in the final of the tennis tournament in Newport with a score of 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3).

Chrissy, a French citizen who played for the colors of his native country until 2018, when he became an American citizen, made up for what happened to him earlier this year when he lost the first two finals of his career to Rafael Nadal at the Melbourne tournament. and against fellow countryman Taylor Fritz at the Eastbourne tournament.

The 25-year-old world No. 42 lost the Newport final for the second time since 2019, when he reached his first ATP final before falling to another American, John Isner.

As a result of winning her first professional title, Chrissy will rise from forty-one in the ATP rankings to thirty-second in the best ranking of his career, and Bublik is expected to rise to thirty-ninth.