Ferrer wins Valencia Open
Valencia, Spain -- No. 4-seeded David Ferrer claimed a straight-set win Sunday over Marcel Granollers in the championship match of the Valencia Open tennis tournament in Spain.
Ferrer, collecting his second title of 2010, beat Granollers 7-5, 6-3. Ferrer landed 75 percent of his first serves and finished by taking 69 percent of the points on serve. He also had three breaks in seven break-point situations.
Granollers was able to convert just one of his four break-point chances, that coming in the first set. But Ferrer got two breaks in that set when he won nearly as many points (28-22) off Granollers' serve as Granollers set.
Ferrer combined one service break with winning 71 percent of the points on serve in taking the second set.
Ferrer, with nine ATP championships to his credit, picked up the first-place check of $453,000 for the win Sunday and has topped the $2 million mark for the year.
Granollers was a late insert into the Valencia field when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga withdrew. He made the most of the chance, gaining his second career final appearance. His runner-up check of $209,344 made his 2010 winnings total $515,683.
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