Marcel Granollers (38 years old #10 ATP) and Horacio Zeballos (39 years #11 ATP) former world-double leaders, have prevailed in the last act at Țiriac Open In front of the Germans Jakob Schnaitter/Mark Wallner with 7-6 (3), 6-4.
This year's edition of Tiriac Open ended unusually with the double final. Initially scheduled at 11:30 on the central land, the last act that had protagonists on Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos (SPA/Arg, 1) and Jakob Schnaitter/Mark Wallner (Ger/Ger) was moved to land 1, then again to the central land after the simple.
So for the four players it was a long day, but not something never encountered. “It was a different day, we had to have a lot of patience, we are accustomed to happening these things, if it is raining we have to wait. We stayed in the area for players and when we had to go on the field,” I did, ” said Marcel Granollers.
Former world leaders, the Spanish and Argentine are an old team, they conquer together eleven trophies in the ATP circuit starting with 2019 and disputing ten other finals of which three great slang.
7 tournamentsOf those won by Horacio Zeballos and Marcel Granollers are of Masters 1,000 category
This year was not a good one for them, the Spaniard with an injury that prevented from evolving in the first part of the season. He returned with Argentinian only to Indian Wells.
In the Californian desert they lost in the first round, then won the Phoenix challenger, and in Miami have been defeated since the debut match of the pair Jamie Murray/ Adam Pavlasek, the ones they defeated in the semifinals in Bucharest. Thus, they arrived in Romania without any victory in the ATP tournaments.
The main favorites of the Bucharest tour have passed in the first round of Cezar Crețu and Bogdan Pavel, then the pair Robin Haase/Hendri Jebens.
After Flavio Cobulli was imposed on the simple, the two finalists entered the central field in front of several dozen brave spectators, who left the cold aside and enjoyed a disputed match that Granollers and Zeballos won 7-6 (3), 6-4 in an hour and thirty-two minutes. “It has been a changing time, but we have to adapt to all the conditions for all is the same. It was very cold, which is why the points were long, but we are happy for the final result, ”said Horacio Zeballos.
31,350 eurosis the prize for double winners at Tiriac Open, and they also receive 250 ATP points
The Argentinian joked at the awards ceremony, after the slag was flooded by Confetti. “We thank the organizers that they did not do this after the final from Simple.” That would have increased the waiting time for the double protagonists.
“It was a complicated week, but I played a very good tennis, and the fact that I ended it with a title is important for us. I had a complicated beginning of the year, I didn't play too many tournaments. It gives us a lot of confidence that we leave here with the trophies in the arms ”, said Marcel Granollers, five times finalist in Grand Slam tournaments.
We felt very good in Bucharest, the tournament had all the facilities to compete well, we could train and we felt very good- Marcel Granollers
A very good tournament, the organizers made us feel good all week- Horacio Zeballos
Follow the tournament at Monte Carlo
Like the finalists from Simple, Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zebalos will evolve the week to follow the Monte Carlo tournament. If Flavio Cobulli and Sebastian Baez took a race to Nice at 7:00 pm for Marcel and Horacio the transfer will be more complicated “we have to find tickets and keep our line from Bucharest, trying to become better and go further”, the Argentine concluded.
After they were in Bucharest over ten years ago, on the simple picture, now Marcel and Horacio leave the capital of Romania with a trophy.
