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SHANGHAI -- Former Chelsea and Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas will replace Sven-Goran Eriksson as coach of Shanghai SIPG, making him the latest top name to join the big-spending Chinese Super League.The 39-year-old Villas-Boas is young, full of passion and with a wealth of coaching experience, the club said Friday in a statement on its official Weibo microblog.We believe Villas-Boas arrival will further enrich the teams technical and tactical play, stimulate the potential of more young players, and lead the team closer to a higher goal, the club said.Speaking at a news conference in Shanghai, Villas-Boas said he was taking the step to Asia with full confidence.SIPG guarantees me that they will continue with the investment in the team, that they want to meet my ambitions, which is to win immediately, the Portuguese coach said, adding that a very good conversation with general manager Sui Guoyang had convinced him to take up the opportunity.Villas-Boas, who was under consideration for the Inter Milan position, said he had offers to stay in Europe but I wanted to try different things.Of course the economic conditions are also very exciting here. Everybody knows that, Villas-Boas said.Villas-Boas made his mark at FC Porto and had stints in charge at Chelsea and Tottenham in the Premier League before moving to Zenit St. Petersburg in Russia. Unconfirmed reports put his salary at about $14 million.Eriksson guided Shanghai SIPG to runner-up and third-place finishes in the Chinese Super League in his two seasons and to the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League.Clubs in the Chinese Super League spent more than $400 million on foreign players in 2016, while high-profile coaches including Eriksson, Luiz Felipe Scolari and Manuel Pellegrini have also lifted the international profile of the league.Among the high-priced imports brought to SIPG is Brazi international Hulk, whose $62 million transfer fee from Zenit St. Petersburg set an Asian record. That topped the $56 million Jiangsu Suning paid this year for Brazilian midfielder Alex Teixeira. 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He broke Karlovic twice in a span of four service games and erased a match point in coming back for a 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-4 victory Sunday at the Citi Open to earn his first trophy in two-and-a-half years.To be honest, Monfils said, today was pure luck.Well, maybe, but he deserves credit for figuring out a way to do enough to neutralize the big serve of the 6-foot-11 Karlovic, who was trying to become, at age 37, the oldest man since 1973 to win ATP singles tournaments in consecutive weeks.Monfils, a Frenchman seeded No. 2, had lost 19 of 24 career finals and eight of his last nine. This time, he earned $348,200 in prize money for his first title since February 2014 at Montpellier, France, and the most important of his career -- his first at an ATP 500 tournament, which refers to the ranking points the champion collects.He noted that he was proud to join Arthur Ashe and Yannick Noah as winners in the U.S. capital whose names are etched on the blue awnings around the main stadium.Theyve been an inspiration for me, Monfils said. I grew up with those names. Definitely to have my name next to them, its priceless.For a while, it didnt look as if hed get that honor. Until 5-4 in the second set, when Karlovic served for the victory, the 13th-seeded Croatian had won all 53 service games in the hard-court tournament.I still had this little hope. ... Maybe he will get tight a little bit. And obviously, he ggot tight a little bit, Monfils said.ddddddddddddMonfils converted his seventh break point of the match when Karlovic pushed a forehand volley long. Karlovic put his hands on his hips, knowing he had come so close to ending things right then and there.On the ensuing tiebreaker, Karlovic was one point from victory at 6-5, but a 116 mph serve by Monfils produced a backhand return that sailed long. A couple points later, Monfils owned that set, and he broke again to lead 2-1 in the third.Soon enough, Monfils ended Karlovics eight-match win streak, which included a title last week on grass at Newport, Rhode Island.Not since 43 years ago, when Ken Rosewall won back-to-back events a month shy of his 39th birthday, has a man older than Karlovic won two ATP titles in a row.Karlovics intimidating serve can take over a match. With the temperature nearing 100 degrees Sunday, it made for even tougher conditions for Monfils to try to deal with those high-bouncing serves.Monfils, who is 29, tried a bit of everything. At the outset, he stood way back to return -- to no avail, as he dropped 18 of the first 19 points Karlovic served (the lone exception was a double-fault).Occasionally, Monfils shuffled back and forth behind the baseline while awaiting serves. Later, he moved closer to the baseline while receiving, a tactic that seemed to help.But the real secret to Monfils success might simply have been that Karlovic wore himself out with his net-rushing tactics.At the end, Monfils said, I knew a little bit that its tough to serve and volley for two hours in the heat. ' ' '