Marcel Granollers is removed the thorn in Valencia

Marcel Granollers champion of the third edition of the Valencia Open to be played at the Agora in the final by defeating Juan Monaco. This is the second title of the season of Catalan, which runs through the prime of his career, both in game and in ranking.

Marcel Granollers could take off the spine of the final loss last year in Valencia (to David Ferrer ) to break in the 2011 to Juan Monaco by an aggregate score of 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3) after three hours of play in a clash played at a garlanded Agora. Marcel jumped to the mat at the Agora with a speed of more than its rival. Summoning of a sovereign mastery in the art of the serve and volley, broke serve in Monaco in the second game and took the reins of the party. Gradually beat Argentina entered, complicating trade from the bottom of the track and forcing the Catalan to give a little more of himself. But Granollers, encouraged from the stands by his parents and his trainer Valladaura Sergi (a few weeks ago to coach the time), demonstrated to have evolved at both the game and mental level. Endured the onslaught of illegal Argentine administered not only income, but sent the first set of his locker with a game the rest blank.

As is usual wine throughout the week, the beginning of the second set coincided with the stomp on the brake of Marcel and the resurgence of his rival. Catalan Monaco waited two steps behind the baseline and Monaco got on track to take the initiative. Not only in trade but also on the scoreboard. The pupil of Pepo Clavet marked distances from the beginning of September thanks to a right with a telescopic sight. With authority and always taking the initiative and forced equalized the third and final set. The Argentine, who had never played in a final cement wanted his work to recover was not in vain and continued stay in the background of explosive track. Seized the mind of a slump that even Marcel won the 'warning' for protesting the umpire a bad bottle of Monaco, to take the lead in the third set, which came to have a favorable part of 4-2.

Wounded in his pride, brave in its approach, Granollers turned the tables. Took charge of relations with changes of pace and height and launched into the network every time you had option to put pressure on its rival. The epic was able to consolidate at 5-4, where Marcel had the other three 'match points' solved his rival in cold blood. The Court did justice and led to the resolution of the tie-break game. There, a step hailed by given to Catalan Granollers capped off a week will not forget in life. You remove a thorn, achieved his second season serving on the first of his career on cement and earn the exclusive license 'Top-30' of the ATP. With a face stained with tears of joy, gave a standing ovation Agora champion.