What a final in St. Petersburg!
Enrests Gulbis came back from brink to win an incredible title! The Latvian was trailing 3-6 1-4 down in the final to completely reverse the course of the match and winning 11 consecutive games!
Yes, that was weird! Gulbis wasn’t shining at all for the entire first part of the match, then there was a little opening in Garcia-Lopez game and Ernests got in. The Spaniard was slowly but surely imploding to completely lose control of his tennis and give the match in 1 hour and 45 minutes. In the second set Gulbis conceded only 5 points! Match Stats.
Gulbis: I feel great
The world no.36 was utterly elated to comment “I feel great, it’s my second title of the season – the fourth one of the my career.I’ve been very consistent especially in finals; I’ve never lost in a final. I’m proud of that record.
I made my short term goals. I’m going to be seeded in Melbourne with these points, so that’s done. Now everything that comes, comes. I have nothing to defend so it’s all good.
The main key why I’m not yet a top player is the consistency. Everybody knows I can play well for a tournament or a match and then I go downhill. I just need to bring this consistency to bigger tournaments, especially Grand Slams. Then I believe I am a Top 20 player for sure, and not so far from Top 10.”
Garcia-Lopez: Congratulations to Ernests
The Spaniard wasn’t as happy, but this was still a good week for him “Despite losing today I played some unbelievable tennis all week, so I have to be happy overall with the week. Congratulations to Ernests, he deserved the title today.”
