Travis Rettenmaier wins 'Ugly'

Travis Rettenmaier.

MOBILE, Al -- Boxing people like to say, 'Styles make fights.'

What they mean is a boxer might be better on paper and theoretically should win, but sometimes the opponent has a particular style of fighting that could be particularly bothersome to the supposedly better fighter; in that case, the opponent wins. Styles make fights.

In the final of the Newton Cox USTA Men's Professional Tennis Classic, Travis Rettenmaier's style was bothersome to Ryler De Heart.

Rettenmaier loves to charge the net. "He is tough to play," De Heart said to the crowd during closing ceremonies. "He comes in on anything and hit the ball low. It took me a set to get used too that style. It is not seen much out here anymore. It was a tough match."

Rettenmaier said he couldn't change his style even if he wanted to. "People have been telling me to be more baseline all my life," he said. "But it doesn't come naturally to me. I come to the net on everything."

Ryler De Heart.