Third-seeded Gael Monfils of France defeated defending champion Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 to win the Open Sud de France on Sunday. Monfils served 11 aces and made the most of Ljubicic's 39 unforced errors to claim his third career title, his first since winning in Metz in 2009. The fourth-seeded Ljubicic won last year when the tournament was held in Lyon and in 2001 for his first career title. He struggled with his first serve and was broken five times. "I managed to stay in the match after losing my temper during the second set," Monfils said. "Hopefully this will be the beginning of something, I have to realize that I'm able to play good tennis. But I don't want to be carried away with this victory because the coming weeks will be very hard mentally." read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=5749285
