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Brasil Open Results 2010

Playing in his 30th tour-level final two days after celebrating his 30th birthday, Juan Carlos Ferrero proved age is no obstacle as he captured his 13th tour-level title Sunday with a crushing 6-1, 6-0 victory over Lukasz Kubot in the Brasil Open final in Costa do Sauipe.

As winner of the ATP World Tour 250 clay-court tennis tournament – his first trophy in South America – World No. 22 Ferrero received 250 South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking points and $75,700 while runner-up Kubot earned 150 points and $39,780 in prize money.

[1] Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) d Lucasz Kubot (POL) 61 60

WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID

Juan Carlos Ferrero: "You never expect to play a one-sided final like this. One is always nervous in the beginning of a final, and it wasn’t different today. I thought I played well from the beginning and with two breaks of serve ahead quite early in the match I never looked back."

"I like to play at Costa do Sauipe. I have a house close from here, at Guarajuba, and it is always nice when you can play and stay home. Except in the match against (home favourite) Ricardo Mello, the crowd has always supported me during the whole week. I am very happy for this title at the moment."

Lucasz Kubot: "It is very unfortunate I couldn’t play my best tennis today. Juan Carlos played a great match and didn’t give me any chances."

Men's Double

[2] Pablo Cuevas (URU) / Marcel Granollers (ESP) d [1] Lucasz Kubot (POL) / Oliver Marach (AUT) 75 64

Cuevas: "We are very happy to take the title at Costa do Sauipe. They are a solid doubles team that has played together for a long time. We knew we would have to play very well to win today and I think we did."

Granollers: "It is great to finish the week with a title. We are good friends outside the court and this good chemistry helps our partnership. I hope we can keep the streak going in Buenos Aires."