Granollers wins Swiss Open tennis
Date published :
31 Jul 2011 - 18:30:04
Marcel Granollers beat fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in three sets to win the Gstaad claycourt tournament on Sunday, shrugging off the after-effects of an injury he suffered at Wimbledon.
Eighth-seeded Granollers, 25, saw off fourth seed Verdasco 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the Swiss alpine resort to claim his second career title after Houston in 2008.
"Last week was bad for me because I felt a lot of pain in my arm, which I had felt since Wimbledon," said Granollers, who also beat Stanislas Wawrinka and Mikhail Youzhny on his way to the title.
"I went home and rested for five days without any practice, and I came here on Sunday and started to feel better and better. Now I have won the tournament and so it?s amazing.
"It?s very important for me because I won my first tournament in 2008, which was a little unexpected, and three years later I won here. So there is a lot of work behind today and I feel amazing."
