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Calleri upsets Chela in Kitzbuehel

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Calleri powers a forehand on the way to his second ATP title.

KITZBUEHEL, Austria -- Argentina's Agustin Calleri beat higher-ranked compatriot Juan Ignacio Chela 7-6 6-2 6-3 to win the second ATP title of his career at the $925,000 Kitzbuehel Open.

Calleri raced to victory after prevailing 11-9 in a tight first set tiebreaker.

It's fantastic to finally win my second title," said Chela whose previous 2003 triumph in Acapulco had been offset by losses in five other finals.

Despite being 15 places below Chela in the world rankings, ninth seed Calleri was arguably the slight favorite going into the match, having won the last three meetings against his Davis Cup team mate and five of their total eight encounters.

Once in front, the ninth seed never looked in danger of surrendering his lead, however, storming through the second set with two breaks of Chela's serve and just three dropped points on his own.

After taking a 2-0 lead at the start of the third set, Calleri suffered his first major lapse of concentration, double-faulting to hand his opponent a break back.

A mis-hit forehand from Chela in the sixth game put Calleri back in front, however, and this time he held his nerve, dropping just two further service points en route to a deserved victory.

"It's always hard to play Chela and today was a real battle, but I think my confidence and concentration throughout the match made the difference in the end."

As well as beating fellow Argentine fourth seed and defending champion Gaston Gaudio in the quarterfinals, Calleri saw off Spanish fifth seed Fernando Verdasco and Chilean sixth seed Nicolas Massu during the tournament.

Djokovic scare

Stanislas Wawrinka won his first ATP title when favored Novak Djokovic retired with breathing problems during the first set of the Croatian Open final on Sunday.

Unseeded Wawrinka of Switzerland was trailing 1-3 in the tiebreaker when Djokovic, the fourth seed from Serbia, quit.

Djokovic paused several times during the 73-minute first set, showing respiratory troubles. A physician held him around the chest to help him breathe normally before the tiebreak.

At 3-1, he suddenly lay down on the claycourt, and his father Srdjan, and a doctor ran on to the court and checked his pulse. They took the 19-year-old by his arms and sat him in his courtside chair.

With his mother, Dijana, crying in the stands, Djokovic decided to retire.

Minutes later, he stood up and bowed his head to the spectators, who cheered him with a long applause.

Djokovic was trying to win his second title in as many weeks. He won his first career title last week in Amersfoort, Netherlands, and was on a nine-match winning streak -- for the loss of only one set -- heading into Sunday's final.

The 21-year-old Wawrinka was playing in only his second ever final after 2005 Gstaad.

He and Djokovic broke each other twice in the first set.

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