Stepanek beats Fish for SAP title

San Jose, Calif. -- Fourth-seeded Radek Stepanek was down a set but fought back Sunday to beat No. 5 Mardy Fish and capture the SAP Open title in San Jose, Calif.

Stepanek, of the Czech Republic, beat the American 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win his fourth career title -- and his second of 2009 -- at the first U.S. stop on the 2009 ATP World Tour. Stepanek, 30, was a winner in January at Brisbane in a tuneup prior to the Australian Open.

Fish was seeking his third ATP title, and his first since winning on a clay court in Houston in April 2006.

Stepanek collected $93,900 with Sunday's win.

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