LOS ANGELES(AP) Sam Querrey ended a string of final round frustrations Sunday by beating Carsten Bell 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 to claim the L.A. Tennis Open title.
Querrey was playing in his third straight final and fourth of the season, but he had yet to win a tournament.
The sixth-seeded Querrey had lost in the finals at New Zealand to Juan Martin del Potro in January, and the last two weeks he came up short in the championship match at Newport, R.I., and Indianapolis.
It was Querrey's second career title and first since Las Vegas in 2008.