Lajovic wins Srpska Open

Final day in Banja Luka.

2023 Srpska Open, an ATP 250 tournament, on Clay, in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 17-23 April 2023.

This is a new tournament on the ATP Tour calendar

Final:

Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) v Andrey Rublev (2) (Russia)

Lajovic won the only previous encounter between the pair - second round in Umag 2019.

Lajovic saved three break points in the opening game of set one before holding serve.

Rublev saved four break points in the fourth game, but not a fifth and Lajovic led 3-1.

No more break chances, and Lajovic served out the set 6-3.

Rublev broke serve in the second game of set two to lead 2-0.

Lajovic Rome back in the fifth game and trailed 2-3.

Serving at 4-5, Lajovic dropped serve and Rublev took the set 6-4, levelling the match.

In the decider, Lajovic broke the Rublev serve in game three.

He saved a break point on the way to consolidating for 3-1.

Lajovic broke in the fifth game to lead 4-1.

Serving for the match at 5-2, Lajovic was broken, but still led 5-3 with a break.

Lajovic served at 5-4 for the match and was successful on his third match point in the game.

Dusan Lajovic won 6-3 4-6 6-4 to be the inaugural winner of the tournament.

It was title number two for Lajovic and follows his debut win - the Croatia Open in Umag, July 2019.