Memphis: Jurgen Melzer capped his amazing run through the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships with a broken right big toe by beating Milos Raonic of Canada 7-5, 7-6 (4) on Sunday for his fourth career title and first since 2010.
Melzer ran over and hugged his coach, Joakim Nystrom, in the front row after finishing off the victory.
Back troubles knocked Melzer from eighth in the world last spring to 38th coming into Memphis.
The Austrian broke his toe on February 16 when he caught his foot in a hotel bedspread in the middle of the night. He responded by ousting top-seeded John Isner and No. 3 seed Radek Stepanek before downing Raonic, who was trying to win his third title this year and second in two weeks.
"If I play like this to win a tournament, I'll break a toe any day," Melzer said.
Raonic had been playing very well this year, with a match record of 15-1 and his lone loss coming to Lleyton Hewitt in the third round of the Australian Open. Raonic had won nine matches in a row in straight sets before Sunday.
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