Tommy Paul gets the better of Roman Burruchaga to win Houston title for the first time

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paul-tommy/pd3ye1BS/"]Paul[/a], 28, held his nerve in a nail-biting third set to dig out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/burruchaga-r-a-CE7B5N90/paul-t-pd3ye1BS/?mid=Yo5dxh9e"]a 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 triumph[/a] in 2hr 40min to claim the fifth [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/atp-singles/houston/"]ATP title[/a] of his career.[/p][p]The American had looked to be heading for defeat after the 77th-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/burruchaga-roman-andres/CE7B5N90/"]Burruchaga[/a] engineered a trio of match points while leading 5-3 on Paul's serve in the decisive third set.[/p][p]But Paul showed tremendous resilience to put out that fire and hold, and then broke Burruchaga in the next game to square the match at 5-5.[/p][embed guid="6a9ba6c4-a6bd-4c02-a51b-7234c1954808" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2040919158641119377?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Buoyed by that narrow escape, Paul then held to love to go 6-5 up, and suddenly the pressure was all on the 24-year-old from Buenos Aires, playing in his first ATP final.[/p][p]Burruchaga, the son of 1986 World Cup-winning footballer Jorge Burruchaga, appeared equal to the challenge after going 40-0 up.[/p][p]Yet once again Paul dug deep and clawed his way back to deuce.[/p][p]The American moved to match point when Burruchaga drilled a backhand wide down the line, and then clinched victory when the South American yanked a wild forehand long on the next point.[/p]