Ferrer Finishes Strongly To Beat Lopez

David Ferrer came out firing after a length rain delay on Saturday in Paris, reeling off four straight games to clinch a 6-4, 7-6(6), 6-1 third-round victory over fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez at Roland Garros.

In their 17^th meeting, Ferrer rallied from a 5-3 deficit in the second set to take a two-set lead. The Valencia native had just won a pivotal third game of the third set, converting his fourth break point to take a 2-1 lead, when a heavy and prolonged rain shower suspended play for several hours.

At the resumption, Ferrer was all business, racing through the last four games to improve to a 10-6 FedEx ATP Head2Head record over Lopez.

The 34-year-old Ferrer reached his only Grand Slam final at Roland Garros three years ago, finishing runner-up to Rafael Nadal. The right-hander has a 43-13 record on the Parisian clay, also reaching the semi-finals in 2012 (l. to Nadal) and the quarter-finals on four occasions, including last year (l. to Murray).

Ferrer, who is still searching for his first title of the season, goes on to face either seventh seed Tomas Berdych or No. 25 Pablo Cuevas.