Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut won the Qatar Open with a 6-4 3-6 6-3 victory over Tomas Berdych in the final.

The world number 24 triumphed in one hour 55 minutes in Doha to claim his ninth ATP Tour title.

Seventh seed Bautista Agut beat world number one Novak Djokovic in Friday’s semi-final.

Bautista Agut, 30, had lost his past three meetings with Berdych, the 33-year-old former world number four who has slipped to 71 in the rankings.

Wildcard Berdych was playing his first tournament since Queen’s in June because of a back injury.

In the deciding set, Bautista Agut built a 4-1 lead but Berdych had two break points that would have reduced the deficit to one game.

He missed a forehand approach shot and Bautista Agut went on to serve out the match to love.

• Live scores, schedule and results
• Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone

Anderson wins ‘battle of giants’ in India

In India, world number six Kevin Anderson won the Maharashtra Open, beating Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-5) in the tallest ATP final in the Open era.

The 6ft 11in Karlovic saved two championship points in the final set to take it to a third tie-break in Pune against 6ft 8in South African Anderson.

Anderson, 32, hit 36 aces against Karlovic, who at 39 was the oldest finalist in an ATP event for 42 years – Australia’s Ken Rosewall was 43 in 1977 when he defeated Tom Gorman to win in Hong Kong.