Hungarian Open: Aljaz Bedene loses to Lucas Pouille in final
Aljaz Bedene’s 16-match winning run came to an end as he lost to Lucas Pouille in the Hungarian Open final.
The British number four was beaten 6-2 6-1 by French top seed Pouille, who secured his second ATP Tour title.
The world number 14 broke the Briton’s first service game, and three further breaks in the second set secured a straightforward victory.
Meanwhile, Spaniard Rafael Nadal beat Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-4 6-1 to win his 10th Barcelona Open title.
Bedene, 27, was ranked outside the top 100 at the beginning of March but has climbed to world number 68 and will move higher still on Monday.
His streak of 16 straight wins includes back-to-back titles on the second-tier ATP Challenger Tour earlier this month.
But his good run of form was finally ended as Pouille won in just one hour and four minutes.
Elsewhere, in Morocco Open qualifying on the women’s tour, British number four Tara Moore lost 6-1 6-2 to fiancee Conny Perrin.
Another week, another win for Nadal
A week after becoming the first man in the Open era to win the same tournament 10 times at the Monte Carlo Masters, Nadal repeated the feat at the Barcelona Open.
The 30-year-old beat world number nine Thiem, who defeated world number one Andy Murray in the semi-finals.
World number five Nadal did not drop a set in Barcelona, and has now won 10 consecutive matches.
He is also aiming for a 10th French Open title at Roland Garros next month.