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Swede Wins Marseille Indoor Tennis Open VOA Sports 17 Feb 2002 19:40 UTC 
Sweden's Thomas Enqvist has come back from a loss in the first set to win the Marseille Open indoor tennis tournament in France.
Playing in his first final of the year Sunday, Enqvist battled back after losing a first set tiebreaker to defeat Nicolas Escude of France, 6-7, 6-3, 6-1. Both players were unseeded. Enqvist won the Marseille title in 1997 and 1998 and now has 19 career victories. The Swede is now 3-0 against Escude.
In other tennis news:
Lars Burgsmuller of Germany has defeated Olivier Rochus of Belgium to win the Copenhagen Open tennis tournament in Sweden.
Burgsmuller won the battle between unseeded players 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday, to capture first ATP title of his career.
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