Fourth-seeded Tommy Paul topped Grigor Dimitrov, the third seed, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to win his second BNP Paribas Nordic Open in Stockholm.Paul captured his first ATP Tour championship in 2021 in the Swedish capital.
Sunday's title is his third of the season, and he didn't lose a set throughout the week.He won in 85 minutes, defeating the Bulgarian to earn his fourth Top 10 victory of 2024.
Paul struck 19 winners and 14 unforced errors, compared to nine and 13, respectively, for Dimitrov.The American is in good company when it comes to players with at least three season tour wins, joining World No.
1 Jannik Sinner and his fellow Italian, Matteo Berrettini, as well as No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain.Almaty OpenRussia's Karen Khachanov won his first indoor hard-court title since 2018, defeating Gabriel Diallo 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in Kazakhstan.Khachanov, the third seed, took the Canadian deep into a number of games, amassing 19 break-point chances and capitalizing on six of them.