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Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com<br />
Radu Albot and<br />
Bryan Brothers Reign<br />
by Elizabeth Kelley Grace | Photos by Andrew Patron<br />
The Delray Beach Open by<br />
VITACOST.Com wrapped up an<br />
exciting 10 days of world class<br />
tennis with a “one for the record<br />
books” Championship Sunday,<br />
February 24, at the Delray Beach<br />
Stadium & Tennis Center.<br />
The Delray Beach stop on the global ATP Tour started with an<br />
ATP Champions Tour event on Presidents’ Day weekend, starring<br />
some of the game’s most decorated players. The event<br />
then transitioned into the headlining ATP 250 event week boasting<br />
a powerful line-up of current top stars in professional tennis.<br />
The ATP Champions Tour matches included Tommy Haas, Tim<br />
Henman, Mikael Pernfors and Wayne Ferreira on Team World and<br />
Fernando Gonzalez, Jesse Levine, Jan-Michael Gambill and Jay Berger<br />
on Team Americas. Team World, led by Haas, won the tournament,<br />
5 matches to 3, and maintained the team title.<br />
The ATP 250 field starred No. 4 ATP Tour ranked Juan Martin del<br />
Potro of Argentina, who made his <strong>2019</strong> season debut in Delray Beach.<br />
It also included ATP sensation Nick Kyrgios, 2018 Champion Frances<br />
Tiafoe, and the Greatest Doubles team of All-Time Bob and Mike Bryan.<br />
Radu Albot of Moldova earned his first ever ATP Tour level trophy,<br />
becoming the first ever from his country to do so. Albot defeated<br />
Daniel Evans of Great Britain 3-6 6-3 7-6(7), in one of the<br />
most compelling singles finals played at the Delray Beach Stadium<br />
& Tennis Center.<br />
When the dust settled after the doubles pairings, it was Bob and<br />
Mike Bryan hoisting a record 117th ATP title after holding off a<br />
strong challenge from Ken and Neal Skupski of Great Britain. The<br />
Bryans’ 7-6(5), 6-4 win gives them their fifth title in seven final appearances<br />
in Delray Beach. This is the duo’s first trophy since Bob’s<br />
hip replacement surgery last summer.<br />
Mentoring Kids<br />
The Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com launched a partnership<br />
with First Serve, a non-profit organization established in 1993<br />
to enhance the lives of local children. Tournament Director, Mark<br />
Baron, presented the organization with a $50,000 donation during<br />
the ATP Tour Finals on February 24.<br />
First Serve students are taught self-awareness, mindfulness,<br />
compassion and sportsmanship through peer mentoring, sports,<br />
and education. The organization pays, equips and trains high<br />
school seniors to mentor kids from their own communities, thus<br />
further strengthening the communities in which they work.<br />
The partnership organized the inaugural “Tennis Ball and ATP<br />
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