Ernest Gulbis was down a set and a break,
but was still able to overcome Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
Garcia-Lopez played wonderful tennis in the
first set, especially on the return of serve breaking Gulbis three times. The
Spanish took the first one 6 – 3 with 86% first serve points won and also great
numbers at first serve in, 71%.
It seemed that Garcia-Lopez was going to be
the next St. Petersburg champion when the Spanish got a 4 – 1 lead in the
second set, but Gulbis started to fire some outstanding winners and won five
straight games to take this match into a decider.
Garcia-Lopez struggled with his body and
the third set was all about Gulbis. The player from Latvia only lost 5 points in
the third set and after 1 hour and 45 minutes claimed his second season title,
after his triumph at Delray Beach.
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