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 | Spain with first title of the couples of the final tournament of the ATP for the last 37 years13-11-2012 |
Marcel Granoyers and Marc Lopez became the first Spaniards who win the doubles title for the past 37 years from the last for the year ATP tournament in London with 5.5 million prize fund dollars.
In the final Granoyers and Lopez beat Mahesh Bhupati and Rohan Bhopal (India) with 7:5, 3:6, 10:3.
Barcelona born in players are the first Spaniards qualified for the final tournament after Emilio Sanchez and Sergio Casal in 1994.
Granoyers and Lopez came to the success after 10:3 in the Champions tiebreak.
Juan Hisbert and Manuel Orantes are the only other members of Spain with the title of doubles since 1975 in Stockholm.
Granoyers and Lopez, who last Monday won in the group stage in the world No. 1 Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (USA), will participate in a team Spain's Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic in the end of the week.