By Chris Oddo | Sunday, February 8th, 2015

 

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez became the ATP's third 30-something winner in Zagreb with a straight-sets win over Andreas Seppi.

Photo Source: PBZ Zagreb Indoors

Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez broke a personal four-match losing streak to Andreas Seppi en route to his fourth career title at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors on Sunday.

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The third-seeded Spaniard became the first from his country to win the title in Zagreb, easing past his Italian opponent, 7-6(4), 6-3 in one hour and 37 minutes.

Garcia-Lopez hammered 25 winners and broke Seppi’s serve twice in five opportunities to gain a share of the ATP’s win total lead with 10. The 31-year-old rallied back from 4-1 down in the first-set tiebreaker, taking lung-busting 47-stroke rally along the way.

Seppi would break in the fifth game of the second set to enjoy a brief lead, but Garcia-Lopez broke straight away then reeled off four straight games to close out his fourth career title.

Notes, Numbers

Both Seppi and Garcia-Lopez stand atop the ATP’s win leaderboard with 10.

Garcia-Lopez becomes the ATP’s third 30-something winner in 2015, joining Roger Federer (Brisbane) and David Ferrer (Doha).

Seppi had taken 10 of 11 sets vs. Garcia-Lopez prior to the final.