Bengaluru, March 2 -- American tennis player Brandon Holt clinched his second ATP Challenger singles title of the season with a fluent 6-3 6-3 win over Japan's Shintaro Mochizuki in the summit clash of the 2025 Bengaluru Open, the tournament's ninth edition, on Sunday. Consequently, the 26-year-old became the first American winner in the Bengaluru Open's history.

Serving first in the midst of a packed house at the KSLTA Tennis Stadium, third seed Holt, son of Tennis Hall of Famer Tracy Austin, saved two breakpoints in the very first game before capitalising on Mochizuki's unforced errors to go up a break.

The American set the early trend with his lethal serves, forcing his opponent on the back foot and racing to a 3-0 lead. He then brok...