VALENCIA, Spain — Joao Sousa won the Valencia Open final by beating seventh-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Sunday.
"I've lost five finals before, so going into this match I was prepared to give it all until the end," Sousa said.
The unseeded Portuguese, who picked up his second career title after Kuala Lumpur in 2013, was broken in the eighth game of the opening set which his opponent closed out on serve.
It got worse for Sousa when Bautista Agut broke his serve in the first game of the second set with the 24th-ranked Spaniard heading for his first title of the year.