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     SONY Open – ATP 1000 – Miami
   20th March,
2013
2nd round:
Marcel GRANOLLERS vs. Jürgen MELZER (AUT)




 


 
Granollers, Lopez© Getty Images
Victory for Granollers and Lopez eliminates three-time former champions and second seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, who were beaten by third seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek earlier in the day.

Granollers and Lopez advanced with a 2-1 record in Group A, having beaten the Bryans at the start of the week before losing to Paes and Stepanek. In Sunday’s semi-finals they will face eighth seeds Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen.

"It will be a tough match," said Granollers. "They've had a great season, especially at Wimbledon. We need to play a great match if we want to win."

Qureshi and Rojer got off to the worst possible start. Both lost their serves, but recovered one break in clinching Lopez’s serve on a sudden death deuce. Granollers, who lost three points in his three service games, closed out the set in 49 minutes with a hold to 30. Qureshi and Rojer had won just four of their second service points.

Qureshi, RojerQureshi, normally so assured, with good rhytmn and timing on serve, lost two more of his service games in the first and fifth games of the second set, which ended after 30 minutes. Lopez served out to 30, finishing with a forehand driven at Qureshi who hit his volley into the net.

"It was a tough match," said Granollers. "They were playing very well during the whole season and we needed to win and I think we played a great match."

"We tried to play better than in our second match," added Lopez. "We needed to win in order to stay alive, against a team that didn't have anything to play for and that helped us. We are happy to get to the semi-finals."

Granollers and Lopez also beat Qureshi and Rojer at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in April. Victory, at The O2 in London, on Saturday evening, improved their season tally to 38-16.

The pair are the first Spaniards to play in the season-ending doubles championship since Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez in 1994. Granollers and Lopez will compete for Spain against the Czech Republic in next week’s Davis Cup final.

"It would be a perfect ending, something incredible [to win the tournament]," said Lopez. "We're enjoying playing on this court against the best teams and it would be amazing."

Qureshi and Rojer finish the week with a 0-3 record in round-robin play. This year’s two-time ATP World Tour titlists finish their season with a 34-25 match record.


ATP Finals – chance for SF still alive

Third seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek won their second Group A match against sixth seeds Spaniards 7-5, 6-4 in one hour and 32 minutes. Who will qualifie for the two SF spots is still open – there are many "if's". Read the qualifying scenarios yourself:

Doubles Group A qualification scenarios after the completion of the 2nd round of the event's group stage:

1) Regardless of score, if B. BRYAN / M. BRYAN defeat L. PAES / R. STEPANEK and A. QURESHI / J. ROJER defeat M. GRANOLLERS / M. LOPEZ, then B. BRYAN / M. BRYAN win the group and L. PAES / R. STEPANEK qualify 2nd.
2) Regardless of score, if L. PAES / R. STEPANEK defeat B. BRYAN / M. BRYAN and M. GRANOLLERS / M. LOPEZ defeat A. QURESHI / J. ROJER, then L. PAES / R. STEPANEK win the group and M. GRANOLLERS / M. LOPEZ qualify 2nd.
3) Regardless of score, if L. PAES / R. STEPANEK defeat B. BRYAN / M. BRYAN and A. QURESHI / J. ROJER defeat M. GRANOLLERS / M. LOPEZ, then L. PAES / R. STEPANEK win the group and B. BRYAN / M. BRYAN qualify 2nd.
4) If B. BRYAN / M. BRYAN defeat L. PAES / R. STEPANEK in 2 sets and M. GRANOLLERS / M. LOPEZ defeat A. QURESHI / J. ROJER in 2 sets, then B. BRYAN / M. BRYAN win the group and L. PAES / R. STEPANEK qualify 2nd.
5) If B. BRYAN / M. BRYAN defeat L. PAES / R. STEPANEK in 2 sets and M. GRANOLLERS / M. LOPEZ defeat A. QURESHI / J. ROJER in 3 sets, then B. BRYAN / M. BRYAN win the group and L. PAES / R. STEPANEK qualify 2nd.
6) If B. BRYAN / M. BRYAN defeat L. PAES / R. STEPANEK in 3 sets and M. GRANOLLERS / M. LOPEZ defeat A. QURESHI / J. ROJER in 2 sets, then L. PAES / R. STEPANEK win the group and B. BRYAN / M. BRYAN qualify 2nd.
7) If B. BRYAN / M. BRYAN defeat L. PAES / R. STEPANEK in 3 sets and M. GRANOLLERS / M. LOPEZ defeat A. QURESHI / J. ROJER in 3 sets, then L. PAES / R. STEPANEK win the group and B. BRYAN / M. BRYAN qualify 2nd.


Marc & Marcel surprise three-time former titlist Bryans;
saving 1 M.P. in group A win

by James Buddell 

Granollers, Lopez © AFP/Getty ImagesMarcel Granollers and Marc Lopez celebrate beating Bob and Mike Bryan on Monday.

Sixth-seeded Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez got off to a dream start on their Barclays ATP World Tour Finals debut Monday when they defeated top seeds and three-time former champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 7-5, 5-7, 11-9 in one hour and 38 minutes in Group A round robin play.

The Spaniards saved one match point at 8-9 before closing out their first ever win in four meetings against the American team, who has finished year-end World No. 1 in eight of the past 10 years.

The Bryans took a 2-0 lead, but it was short-lived. Mike Bryan saved one break point at 5-5, but on sudden death deuce Lopez hit a well-place lob, that turned defence into attack, and came to the net for a smash winner down the middle. Lopez then closed out the 42-minute first set to 15.

With Granollers playing at the net and Lopez battling from the baseline, the Bryans were forced to change their own tactics, as they often got engaged in lengthy rallies, rather than short exchanges ending with volley winners. There were few chances in the second set, but the Bryans capitalised on a lack of first serves from Lopez at 5-6 to clinch the set. Lopez double-faulted at 30/40.

In the third point of the Match tie-break, Bob Bryan guided a backhand return down the line and went onto take a 4-1 lead. The Spaniards eventually got back on serve by blasting holes in the Bryans net defence. But Mike Bryan raised his game, returning with authority to move the twins within sight of their 60th match win of the year.

Lopez double-fauled at 6-7, but the Spaniards fought back to ensure a nail-biting end. Mike Bryan hit a backhand into the net at 9-8, before Granollers ripped a forehand winner down the middle for the Spaniards first match point opportunity. Granollers finished the 16-minute Match tie-break with a forehand, that Bob Bryan volleyed wide. Granollers and Lopez are the first Spanish players to compete at the season-ending championships since Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez in 1994. Spain’s Davis Cup doubles duo have compiled a 2-4 record in ATP World Tour finals and a 37-15 record this year.


Marcel & Marc qualified for the ATP Tour doubles final

After a great season Marcel and Marc are qualified for the ATP tour finals which are taking place in London this week. In the group matches they will face the Bryan's, Paes/Stepanek and Rojer/Quereshi. Read the full preview of the ATP:

BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS 2012
Finals doubles, gala night© Getty ImagesA number of the doubles teams for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals line-up at the Royal Court's of Justice in London.

Three-time former champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan have been drawn in Group A alongside Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. They will also contest round-robin play against Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer.Defending champions Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor are pitted in Group B against Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau, the BNP Paribas Masters titlists Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna and Wimbledon winners Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen.

GROUP A
[1] Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA)
[3] Leander Paes (IND) / Radek Stepanek (CZE)
[6] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Marc Lopez (ESP)
[7] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) / Jean-Julien Rojer( NED)

GROUP B
[2] Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Daniel Nestor (CAN)
[4] Robert Lindstedt (SWE) / Horia Tecau (ROU)
[5] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Rohan Bopanna (IND)
[8] Jonathan Marray (GBR) / Frederik Nielsen (DEN)

Alternates
Colin Fleming (GBR) / Ross Hutchins (GBR)

The Bryan twins are competing at the season-ending championships for the 11th time, having won the title in 2003-04 and 2009. They were also runners up in 2008.

Mirnyi and Nestor will begin this year’s tournament on Monday against Lindstedt and Tecau, who have finished as runners up at Wimbledon for the past three years. The Bryans will challenge Spaniards Granollers and Lopez during the evening session.

On Tuesday, from 12 noon local time, Bhupathi and Bopanna, who took a Eurostar train from Paris to London, after they won their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 team title, take play Marray and Nielsen, while Australian Open winners Paes and Stepanek meet Qureshi and Rojer in the evening session from 6pm.

The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is being held at The O2 in London for the fourth successive year. With tickets still available for the season finale, don’t miss your chance to witness the world’s top eight singles players and doubles teams competing in the world’s biggest indoor tennis tournament. For more information, visit: www.BarclaysATPWorldTourFinals.com.



Marcel overcomes Simon in the rematch of Valencia's 2011 semi final

Marcel has beaten Gilles Simon for the third time in a row to secure a quarter final spot at the Valencia Open. The defending champion delivered a great mix of pace changes and sudden net approaches, that broke Gilles Simon's rhythm and consistency. In tomorrows quarter final Marcel will face Alex Dolgopolov. Twelve months ago they met in round one and Marcel prevailed 6/3 6/4.


Marcel begins title defence in Valencia

Marcel began his title defence at the Valencia Open 500 Wednesday with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over qualifier Jan Hajek. In the second round the 2011 champion awaits Gilles Simon from France. Good luck!


ATP Masters London - Marcel qualified for the doubles event

Marcel and Marc Lopez have qualified for the ATP World Tour Finals. The team currently ranked number 5 in the ATP Doubles Race to London reached the US-Open semi final and won the TMS 1000 in Rome. Togehter they also lifted the trophy in Gstaad and finished runner up in Toronto, Barcelona, Acapulco and Umag.



Marcel had to retire

Marcel was unable to finish his match against Croat Ivo Karlovic. After loosing the first set 7/6 Marcel hat to retire at 2/2 in the 2nd set due to an injury.



Metz: Marcel awaits Karlovic in 2nd round

Marcel will play Ivo Karlovic from Croatia in his opening match in Metz. It is their first meeting on the ATP tour. Karlovic won his previous match versus French qualifier Kenny DeSchepper 7/6  7/6. The biggest weapon of Karlovic is his serve. Marcel is known as one of the best return players on the tour – promising facts for an exciting match.



Marcel starts indoor season in Metz

Marcel starts his indoor season at the Moselle Open in Metz. Third seed Marcel has a bye in the opening round. In the 2nd round he will face the winner of big-serving Croat Ivo Karlovic who takes on French qualifier Kenny De Schepper for the first time.



Marcel battles past Verdasco for first final of 2012
VEGETA OPEN, Umag, Croatia 
Granollers
© Getty Images
Marcel Granollers finalist in Umag

Fourth seed Marcel Granollers has not ended his winning streak in Umag yet. After a thriller quarterfinal in which he prevailed against Bachinger 7-5 in the third set, Marcel beat top Seed Fernando Verdasco with a convincing 6-2 6-7 6-1 score. Constant change of pace and state of the art defensive tennis frustrated Verdasco who could not find any game solutions. Tonight's final against Marin Cilic will be tha chance for Marcel to win his fourth career title.



New all time high for Marcel – ATP Nr. 22!

After his great performance in Paris Marcel moves up the ATP ranking to number 22, a new all time high. Congratulöations and good luck for the upcoming grass court season.





Great Marcel tops Mathieu to reach 1/8 final of Roland Garros

For the first time in his career, Marcel reached the last sixteen of a Grand Slam tournament. Marcel impressed with great tennis in the match against Mathieu, especially in the first two sets and won them each with 6/4. But Mathieu did not give up and fought back, took set 3 and 4. The decision had to occur in the fifth set where Marcel showed a lot of fighting spirit. In the end Marcel took the final set 6/1.

Marcel goes onto face countryman, David Ferrer, who beat M. Yuzhny in straight sets.




Roland Garros – Marcel through to 2nd round

Marcel had a good start in Paris. He overcame Joao Sousa (POR) in 4 sets, winning 6/2 3/6 6/3 6/4. Marcel was struggling a bit when he got cramps in his right leg after the first set. But he got through this crisis, tried to keep the points short and was successful with his change in tactics.
In the 2nd round Marcel with face Malek Jaziri from Tunesia.


Marcel wins 1st title with Marc Lopez at the Italian Open in Rome

Marc Lopez and Marcel captured their first ATP World Tour doubles team title on Sunday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia as they defeated Lukasz Kubot and Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-2 in Rome. In an all-unseeded final, Granollers and Lopez saved all nine break points they faced and converted three of their six opportunities to claim victory in 80 minutes. Continue reading...




ITALIAN OPEN – ROME

Marcel awaits his Spanish Davis Cup fellow and fifteen seed Feliciano Lopez in the 1st round of the Italian Open in Rome. It is an interesting fact that it will be the first match between them. Hopefully Marcel will lead the head to head statistics by 1/0 after the match. Good luck!



Madrid: Marcel moves on to 2nd round in singles and doubles

After winning his first round doubles match against Raonic/Troicki Marcel also moved on to 2nd round in singles. He overcame Carlos Berlocq from Argenina in three tough sets 7/5 3/6 7/5. Marcel was quite happy with his victory over Berloq and is looking forward to his next match versus world number 13 Nicolas Almagro (ESP). Almagro who counts to the best clay court players already for many years will be a good test for Marcels preparation on the way to Roland Garros. In doubles Marcel and his partner Marc Lopez await the French Serbian team Llodra/Zimonjic in the 2nd round.



Marcel receives "Player 10 award"


The award is given from the APT (Association of Tennis Journalists) during the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell each year to the player that demonstrates both strong tennis skills and good human qualities. "I am very proud and motivated for this sincere recognition, and doubly happy considering the value of the award itself," said Granollers, referring to the sculpture designed and produced by artist and former tennis journalist, Duaita Prats. Marcel finished runner-up with Marc Lopez in the doubles final of the ATP World Tour 500 clay-court tournament on Sunday.

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MARCEL GRANOLLERS ELEGIDO  “JUGADOR 10” 

El tenista recibió el tradicional premio que otorga anualmente  la prensa española especializada en tenis durante la celebración del torneo de Barcelona

  La Asociación de Periodistas de Tenis (APT) ha concedido a Marcel Granollers el premio de  "Jugador 10", que se otorga anualmente en Barcelona, durante la celebración del  Barcelona Open Banc de Sabadell-60 Trofeo Conde de Godó, en reconocimiento a sus cualidades humanas así como tenísticas en las que el año pasado brilló con sus victorias en los torneos de Gstaad y Valencia.

Pere Bonet, Director de Comunicación de Segura Viudas, en presencia de Manel Serras, presidente de la APT y otras personalidades de este deporte, fue quien entregó a Granollers el premio al Jugador 10  APT-Segura Viudas,  una pieza escultórica única realizada  Duaita Prats que fusiona dos mundos tan cercanos como son el tenis profesional de competición y el periodismo deportivo..

La relación de premiados por la APT como "Jugador 10" en colaboración con Segura Viudas, durante la celebración del Trofeo Conde de Godó, es la siguiente:

2012: MARCEL GRANOLLERS
2011: DAVID FERRER
2010: JUAN CARLOS FERRERO
2009: FERNANDO VERDASCO
2008: EQUIPO FEMENINO FED CUP Y CAPITÁN (MIQUEL Margets)
2007: RAFAEL NADAL
2006: ALBERT COSTA
2005: RAFAEL NADAL
2004: GUSTAVO KUERTEN
2003: CARLOS MOYÀ
2002: LLEYTON HEWITT
2001: JUAN CARLOS FERRERO
2000: ÀLEX CORRETJA


Marcel in Dubai

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Full name is Marcel Granollers Pujol...Began playing at age five...Father, Javier, is a commercial director and mother Montse, is a teacher... Also has a younger brother, Gerard (20), who reached a career-high ATP Ranking of No. 684 in August 2008...Speaks Spanish and English...Enjoys football and supports R.C.D. Espanyol...Played his only junior Grand Slam tournament at Roland Garros in 2004 and captured doubles title (w/Andujar)...Considers clay his favourite surface...Coach is Fernando Vicente.

2011 The Spaniard went through his first six tournaments without winning back-to-back matches before reaching 4th RD at Miami (l. to Ferrer)...Reached QF at Belgrade (l. to Volandri) a month later but did not win successive matches again until after Wimbledon at Stuttgart, where he reached QFs (l. to Ferrero)...Retired 1st RD at Hamburg and spent the week at home resting an injured arm...Returned the following week at Gstaad and defeated three Top 20 players (No. 17 Wawarinka QFs, No. 14 Youzhny SFs and No. 20 Verdasco F 64 36 63) to win his second ATP World Tour title.... In October Marcel collected the greatest win of his career lifting the trophy at the Valencia Open 500, upsetting among others Juan Martin Del Potro and Alex Dolgopolov, rising to a career-high World No. 33
2010 -- The Barcelona native finished in Top 50 for first time at a year-end best ranking No. 42, capped off with a personal-high 21 match wins…His best result was a second career ATP World Tour final…Also reached QF in Santiago in February before Challenger success next month with final in Rabat and SF in Marrakech…Closed final two months with strong results, including a SF in Bucharest and reaching Valencia final (l. to Ferrer)  as a qualifier…Also reached Challenger final in Todi and winner in Tarragona…In doubles, finished No. 21 after climbing as high as No. 5 with two titles and two runner-up finishes as well as a QF at Wimbledon and SF at US Open (w/ Robredo)…Earned a career-high $726,936.

2009 -- The Spaniard posted his second straight Top 100 season and captured three ATP World Tour doubles titles…His best singles result was SF to open year in Chennai (l. to eventual champ Cilic)...Did not win back-to-back tour matches rest of season…In Challengers, went 15-8 with SF in Segovia in August and QF in three other events…In doubles, won three of five finals, capturing titles in Costa do Sauipe (w/Robredo), Buenos Aires (w/Martin) and Moscow (w/Cuevas)…Finished No. 25 in doubles and earned a career-high $539,839.

2008 -- The Spaniard finished in Top 100 for first time, highlighted by his first ATP title and personal-best 15 match wins...Member of winning Spanish Davis Cup team (d. Argentina 3-1), although he did not play...Qualified into an ATP circuit-best (along w/Hernych) six times...Opened first two months qualifying at Australian Open (1st RD), Vina del Mar (2nd RD) and Acapulco (QF)...In March, captured Challenger title in Tanger, Morocco (d. Gimeno-Traver) and following month, reached final at St. Brieuc Challenger (l. to C. Rochus)...Two weeks later, made breakthrough with maiden ATP title in Houston where he defeated No. 8 Blake in a three-set final...Also reached first ATP doubles final (w/Cuevas)...Afterwards, jumped from No. 84 to No. 54...At Roland Garros, won first Grand Slam match (d. Berrer, l. to Schwank)...Followed with QF in Warsaw (l. to Monaco)...In July, reached QF in Amersfoort (l. to Hernandez)...Closed season by qualifying at AMS tournaments in Madrid (d. Mathieu, l. to Tsonga) and Paris (l. to Cilic)...Compiled marks of 12-9 on clay and 2-9 on hard... Earned a career-high $474,778.

2007 – Finished in Top 150 for first time, highlighted by his first ATP QF appearance in Valencia...As a qualifier, beat Pless and Simon (l. to Starace...In doubles, finished with an 8-7 mark, reaching SF at Costa do Sauipe and Barcelona (both w/Almagro...Enjoyed an excellent season on Challenger circuit (34-22 record), reaching three finals in Montevideo (l. to Ventura), Belo Horizonte (l. to Devilder), Bucharest-2 (l. to Hanescu...In doubles, won nine Challenger titles -- including five with Ventura -- in Napoli, Rome, Mas Palomas, Tarragona, Seville, Timisoara, Belo Horizonte, Bucharest 2...Runner-up in Bogota and Montevideo.

2006 – Qualified for his first Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon where he lost to Andrei Pavel in 1st RD...After winning hard court Futures event in Portugal in March, moved up to Challenger level, winning one title and reaching two other finals...In May, reached Ostrava final (l. to I. Minar) and one month later was runner-up in Turin (l. to Cipolla)...Captured first Challenger title in Barcelona (d. Hernandez) in October...Played Murray again on clay, this time in ATP stop in Barcelona, falling in three sets...

2005 – Reached six Futures finals (three in Portugal, three in Spain), winning titles on hard courts in Martos and La Palma...

2004 – Played in 19 Futures events and advanced to QF or better 12 times, winning twice (Reus and Martos)...Lost on clay to Andy Murray in QF of Vigo Futures event...

2003 – Reached QF in four Spanish Futures events and in October won Spain #25 Futures title in Martos (d. Carril)...

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