Juan Martin boosts his chances to participate to the 2012 World Tour Finals in London with this title.
Delpo was widely expected to win this tournament (he was seed no.1) and the final. Even if Zemlja was ranked no.70 (and he was coming from the qualifications) he didn’t make it easy for Juan Martin to force him to win a tricky 1st set before cruising in the second.
From Del Potro
“I’m so happy. It’s important to have a good end of the year,” said del Potro. “I’m looking forward to keep improving, keep playing well at the same level as I had here. I also look forward to London. I’m looking better to qualify there. We have two big tournaments coming next week. They have the chance to get points also, so it will be very interesting to see how we are going.”
This is the 3 title in 2012 after winning in Estoril and Marseille.
From Zemlja
“I am satisfied with the way I played. I did my best,” said Zemlja. “I felt I played really well the first seven games. Maybe I wasn’t serving my best, but I was fighting till the end. I think Juan played really well from 4-4 in the first set, to 3-0 in the second set. He was serving really good.
“I’m happy with how I played all week. I just have to continue with that. Also, I still have two Challengers to play at the end of the year. I have to get motivated to play the same level as I did here.”
