Victoria\u2019s Sam Groth won his fifth ITF career title yesterday after winning the City of Ipswich Tennis International in Queensland.<\/p>\n
The No.5 seed dropped the first set against fourth seed Jason Kubler but recovered strongly to win the match, 5-7 6-3 6-2.<\/p>\n
The championship win marks a strong comeback for Groth after he took an eight month break from the sport last year. On the way to the final, the 24-year-old defeated the likes of Lukas Koncilia (AUT), Aaron Leeder-Chard (Mt Eliza, Vic), Matthew Barton (Collaroy, NSW) and No.7 seed Jose Statham (NZL), in a tough three set semi final on Saturday.<\/p>\n
After the match Groth said he felt good on court this week and is happy to be back playing tennis again.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis week I\u2019ve played some of my best tennis. In the past I\u2019ve had some really good weeks on clay and it\u2019s something I\u2019m certainly enjoying more and more.<\/p>\n
\u201cI probably started serving ok but was a little lethargic in the first, I was down a break in the second and sort of feeling it a little bit,\u00a0 but after I got the break back to get it to two all, it psyched me up, and from there I went on a real roll.<\/p>\n
\u201cJason has obviously had a great start to the year already; he\u2019s won a few events on clay. He\u2019s got a bright future ahead of him,\u201d said Groth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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