Garcia-Lopez wins his 5th career title (the second of the season) in Bucharest. Seeded no.5, the Spaniard had a great run during this week after defeating top players such as Rosol and Monfils on his way to the final.
In the last match Guillermo had to face a combative Jiri Vesely that was chasing his 2nd career title after winning in Auckland this year. Garcia won 7-6 (5) 7-6 (11) after 2 hours and 14 minutes. Match Stats.
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The Spaniard commented “I feel like I’m doing the right things to improve my game and my ranking. When you work hard, there is always a reward, not only in tennis, but in life in general. It was complicated for me to close the match. I was feeling nervous, a lot of things crossing my mind, but in the end I was happy to win. It is the first time in my career that I’ve won two titles in a year.”
Vesely: Winning here would have meant a lot
Jiri wasn’t as happy to comment “I’m at the beginning of my career and a success here in Bucharest would have meant more for me, but that’s life. I will clearly be here next year and hopefully I will have better luck then.”
After this tournament Lopez will be ranked no.31, Vesely no.35 (career high).
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