China’s highest ranked male player Wu Yibing continued his white-hot run on the ATP Challenger Tour on Sunday when he saved six championship points to claim the rajeev ram Indy Challenger Foundation. Wu erased match points in the second set en route to a 6-7(10), 7-6(13), 6-3 victory over aleksandar kovacevic in 2 hours and 54 minutes. The win lifts Wu to a career-high 174 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.
“Today means a lot. She was crying like a baby after the match,” the former junior number 1 said.
In a great week for the Chinese players, Zhang Zhizhen also reached the final at the Citta di Trieste Challenger in Italy.
Wu is the first Asian-born player to win three titles in the same season since Alexander Bublik in 2019. With an 18-2 record on the Challenger Tour this season, he is attempting to become the first Chinese to crack the Top 100.
The battle on the court proved to be physically and mentally exhausting. Wu’s remarkable effort to save six match points is the most in a Challenger final since Marcos Giron saved six against Ivo Karlovic in Houston in 2019. “Both tiebreakers were more mental than (about) tennis,” Wu said.
The 22-year-old has relied on his mental toughness and perseverance throughout his young career. In 2017, he was crowned men’s singles and doubles champion (with Hsu Yu-hsiou) at the US Open and won his first Challenger title in Shanghai. However, the last three years, Wu has been sidelined due to various injuries and the pandemic.
the opening rajeev ram The Foundation Indy Challenger is hosted by the world No. 2 in doubles rajeev ram and its foundation.
home favorite francesco passaro became the sixth Italian #NextGenATP player to win an ATP Challenger Tour title this season when he defeated China’s Zhang Zhizhen 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the City of Trieste Challenger.
The 21-year-old strengthened his ninth-place position in the Pepperstone ATP Race To Milan by claiming his first Challenger title, as he looks to book a place in the Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals in November.
Passaro is the 20th #NextGenATP winner in 2022. After coming up short in his first two Challenger finals earlier this year, he now joins lorenzo musetti, luca nardi, Francis Maestrelli, Flavio CobolliY Matthew Arnaldi as Italian Next Gen champions this season. The title in Trieste propels Passaro to a career-best 144 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.
On the hard courts of Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Roman Safiullin recovered from a breakdown in the deciding set to defeat home hope Denis Yevseyev 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(2) and capture the President’s Cup. The 24-year-old, who first burst onto the scene by winning the men’s singles in 2015 australian openhe is now 2-0 in Challenger finals and his latest title run will take him to a career-high 119 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.
Safiullin has played some of his best tennis this season. She had a couple of wins in the season opener ATP Cup and the following month he achieved the best victory of his career by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 in Marseille before falling to Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinals.
Zsombor Piros wins the 40th anniversary Tampere Open in Finland.” />
Photo: Pyros of Zsombor claimed his first Challenger Tour title when he won the 40th anniversary edition of the Tampere Open In finland. Credit: Tampere Open.
from hungary Pyros of Zsombor claimed his first Challenger Tour title when he won the 40th anniversary edition of the Tampere Open in Finland, by defeating former No. 1 junior harold mayot 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.
The 22-year-old became the fifth Hungarian champion in Challenger history. Piros will launch at a career-high 139 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings. The 2017 australian open The men’s singles champion is the second highest ranked Hungarian player, behind marton fuchsovics.
“I am extremely happy for my first ATP Challenger title. This has been a long journey from juniors to this point. when i win the australian open juniors in 2017, I thought the transition would be quicker and easier than it has been. I have worked very hard and now I just hope that more will come,” said Piros.
In Pozoblanco, Spain, French constant lestienne produced a dominant performance in winning the title without dropping a set, defeating his compatriot gregoire barere 6-0, 7-6(3) in the final to win the Open Tennis City of Pozoblanco trophy. Lestienne now has five Challenger titles, three in Spain.
The Frenchman has been on a hot streak, winning 10 of his last 11 matches, including last month’s Malaga Challenger. In Pozoblanco he won five of 10 sets 6-1 or better. The 30-year-old moves up to a career-high 105 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings today.