Chile's world number seven Fernando Gonzalez survived a mid-match blip to beat Spain's Tommy Robredo 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 and win his first title for two years at the China Open on Sunday.
The 27-year-old completely dominated the opener but gradually let third seed Robredo back into the match and was forced to go to a third set to claim the eighth ATP tournament of his career.
In the first set, second seed Gonzalez showed the kind of form that got him to the Australian Open final in January, unleashing his thunderbolt forehands at will in a display of disciplined aggression that completely disarmed Robredo.
The Spanish claycourter came to the net to greater effect in the second to even up the match but Gonzalez was not to be denied and sealed victory on his first championship point after one hour 45 minutes.
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