Stats without the 2nd set (22 of 31 games) – 70%. Number of aces, double faults & break points are correct for the entire contest.
Points won by each set: [ 39-44, 28-19, 35-29 ]
The most interesting were the first & last games of the windy final – in each of them Chela [26] fought off two break points and won them after five deuces. Safin [32] trailed *0:3 in the 1st set, he entered the final with a 3:0 H2H over the Argentinian.
Chela’s route to his 3rd title:
1 Guillermo Canas 6-3, 6-4
2 Diogo Rocha 6-0, 2-0 ret.
Q Olivier Patience 6-3, 6-2
S Florian Mayer 6-3, 6-3
W Marat Safin 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-3