Monaco wins Hamburg Open and moves into top 10



Argentine tennis player Juan Monaco climbs on the 10th spot in the ATP rankings after winning in straight sets at ATP Hamburg yesterday, a 7-5 6-4 victory in the final against the home favorite player Tommy Haas. This is the 3rd title on clay for Juan Monaco this season after Houston and Vina del Mar, also he was in top form at Stuttgart last weak, but lost the final in the final set against Janko Tipsarevic. The toughest opponent for Monaco at this tournament was spaniard Nicolas Almagro in the quarterfinals, he needed 3 sets to snatch a victory.
Tommy Haas wasn’t an easy opponent, despite his 34 years he is in great form, won a title 2 months ago at Halle defeating Federer, at Hamburg he defeated three opponents, higher ranked Gilles Simon, countrymen Florian Mayer, and Marin Cilic in the semifinals.

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