KEY BISCAYNE, March 28: A day after celebrating his daughter's first birthday, Richard Krajicek provided the perfect gift with a four-set victory over unseeded Sebastien Grosjean to win the Lipton Tennis Championships on Saturday.Krajicek completed an impressive 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 7-5 triumph in typical fashion with a booming ace on match-point.
The 7th-seeded Dutchman pounded out 26 aces in the two hour 41 minute match against the young Frenchman. The US $360,000 victory gave Krajicek his 17th career title.
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