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 | Juan Monaco warmed with title for the match with Grigor Dimitrov2-10-2012 |
The Argentinean Juan Monaco won the tennis tournament in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) with a prize of 850,000 dollars. 2-seeded Monaco wins in a dramatic final seventh in the scheme Julien Benneteau (France) with 7:5, 4:6, 6:3 a little more than three hours of play.
Thus the 28 years old Argentinean, 11th in the world rankings, won the fourth title of the season and the seventh of his career. The 30 years old Benneteau did left without a trophy after his seventh final in the ATP race. Earlier in the season he lost in the dispute over the title and in Cindy from Jarkko Nieminen (Finland). Monaco used only 5 of the received 20 possibilities for a breakthrough, but this was enough for the final victory.
So the Argentinean will travel in excellent mood to Tokyo to participate in the race on hard courts with prize fund U.S. $ 1,280,000. Seeded fourth in the Japanese capital will have to face the best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov who has passed qualifying.