Granollers beat Monaco to lift Valencia title

Spains Marcel Granollers won his second title of the year when he beat Argentinas Juan Monaco 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7/3) at the Valencia Open here on Sunday.It was a third crown for the 34th-ranked Spaniard, who finished runner-up here last year to compatriot David Ferrer, and whose previous titles were on clay at Gstaad this year and Houston in 2008.Both players arrived unseeded in Valencia and had taken some notable scalps on their way to the final which lasted over three hours on the hard courts of the iconic Agora building in Spains third city.Granollers, 25, beat number three seed Gael Monfils and in-form Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro en route to the final while Monaco saw off three Spaniards - Nicolas Almagro, former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero and top seed Ferrer.The 27-year-old Argentine showed great fight to come back from a set down against a tenacious Granollers and take the match to the wire.But the Spaniard displayed great speed and superb tennis from the back of the court.