Nikoloz Basilashvili wins third ATP World Tour tennis title

Nikoloz Basilashvili became Georgia's first player to claim an ATP World Tour title for the third time.

This is his second victory in a row at the Hamburg European Open championship.

Basilashvili took his second straight trophy at the ATP 500 event with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 victory against Russian Andrey Rublev.

"When you have achievements, people want more and expect more... Everybody is writing to me, everybody is happy. I have a lot of support from home and it is a great feeling," the official ATP World Tour website cited the tennis player as saying.