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Muller topples Karlovic in battle of the oldies

's-Hertogenbosch - Luxembourg's Gilles Muller downed towering Croat Ivo Karlovic on Sunday to claim the title in 's-Hertogenbosch in a final with the oldest combined age for two players since 1976.

Muller, 34, beat 38-year-old Karlovic 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4) in a showdown of two of the game's biggest servers to lift his second tour-level trophy, following January's triumph in Sydney.

It was the oldest men's singles final since Ken Rosewall (42) and Ilie Nastase (30) went head-to-head in Hong Kong 41 years ago.

Muller smacked 22 aces to Karlovic's 19 with not a single break point for either player as the Luxembourger atoned for last year's final defeat in the Netherlands to Nicolas Mahut.

He next heads to Queen's where he faces Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili in the opening round of the Wimbledon warm-up event.

Estonia's Anett Kontaveit scooped up her first WTA title after beating Natalia Vikhlyantseva of Russia 6-2, 6-3 in the women's final.

The 21-year-old from Tallinn, ranked 49th in the world, routed Vikhlyantseva, 20, in just 73 minutes to continue her strong 2017 form.

Kontaveit finished runner-up on clay in Biel in April and has also recorded wins over world number one Angelique Kerber and 2016 French Open champion Garbine Muguruza this season.

"I'm just so excited!" said Kontaveit. "It's been amazing for me, I had really tough matches and I'm so happy to be through them - to win the final, it's amazing."

Results from the ATP and WTA tournaments in 's-Hertogenbosch on Sunday (x denotes seeding):

Men 

Final

Gilles Muller (LUX x4) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO x3) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4)

Women

Final

Anett Kontaveit (EST) bt Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) 6-2, 6-3

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