Former Illini Kevin Anderson claimed his thrid career ATP title Saturday afternoon at the Winston-Salem Open. Entering as the No. 2 seed in the draw, Anderson defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 7-5. Anderson, ranked 15th in the world, will compete in the US Open next week.

Congrats to #Illini @kevinanderson18 on winning the @WSOpen title today! The 3rd ATP World Tour title of his career! pic.twitter.com/BU5USsLkeo

— Illini M Tennis (@IlliniMTennis) August 29, 2015

Feels great to win here in @winstonsalemopen. Fantastic week, thanks for all the support!

A photo posted by Kevin Anderson (@kevin_anderson86) on Aug 29, 2015 at 1:22pm PDT

Big time! @kevinanderson18 takes home another ATP title! Great job Kevin! Excited for NY! #Illini #WinstonSalem

— brad dancer (@dancerbrad) August 29, 2015

How I feel right now pic.twitter.com/DagYMc3H64

— Kevin Anderson (@kevinanderson18) August 29, 2015

Hard-hitting @kevinanderson18 wins the @WSOpen final without losing serve. Scores & Stats: http://t.co/aY2buaYlCk pic.twitter.com/epd8EvGMIF

— ATP World Tour (@ATPWorldTour) August 29, 2015