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Ferrer wins Acapulco

Top seed David Ferrer (ESP) successfully defended his title in Acapulco last night, defeating Nicolas Almagro in three sets, 7-6(4), 6-7(2), 6-2. The match was very much a back-and-forth type affair, especially for the first two sets. Ferrer jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the first set before Almagro came back to force an absolutely thrilling tiebreak. The second set was also pretty tight, each player getting broken on their serve just once. Almagro was able to edge out Ferrer in the second tiebreaker and looked to carry that momentum into the third set.

But Ferrer was not deterred by losing the second set. He broke Almagro straight away and ran away with the match. Ferrer's tenacity proved to be too much for Almagro to handle. Here are the stats for the match:

Perhaps the most telling match statistic was the number of break points converted by each player. Almagro had his fair share of chances, but only managed to win 4/13 break points. Ferrer was almost perfect in this category, converting 6/7 chances. The one point he didn't convert came late in the third set when he was already ahead. Ferrer's efficiency in this department was key to winning such a tight match (well, tight for the first 2 sets anyway).

Read more about the match and what the players have to say about their performance here.

In other news, former US Open champ Juan Martin del Potro has reached his first final since coming back from injury. He'll play Serbian Janko Tipsarevic for the championship in Delray Beach later today.

-multi