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Rincon, former US Open boys champ, wins first Challenger title

Diallo unbroken all week at Chicago Challenger

July 29, 2024

Daniel Rincon earned a profession milestone Sunday on the ATP Challenger Tour 75 occasion in Tampere, Finland, the place the 21-year-old claimed his first title at that stage.

The Spaniard joins elite firm as a former US Open junior champion to win a Challenger title prior to now 10 years, alongside Taylor Fritz, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Wu Yibing and Thiago Seyboth Wild. Rincon, a 2021 graduate of the Rafa Nadal Academy, defeated fourth seed Calvin Hemery 6-1, 7-6(4) within the Tampere Open closing.

Following his title run, the lefty is as much as a career-high No. 164 within the PIF ATP Rankings. Rincon is the youngest Spanish Challenger champion since Pablo Llamas Ruiz final July.

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^{Daniel Rincon triumphs on the clay courts of Tampere, Finland. Credit score: Tampere Open}

In different ATP Challenger Tour motion, Canadian Gabriel Diallo was unbroken throughout 5 matches to win the Chicago Males’s Challenger. The 6’8” 22-year-old confronted simply 4 break factors, in accordance with Infosys ATP Stats, counting on his hefty serve to seize his third Challenger title and first of this season.

A Montreal native who performed on the College of Kentucky earlier than turning professional on the finish of 2022, Diallo ousted Buyunchaokete 6-3, 7-6(3) within the closing. China’s ‘Bu’ final week gained the Granby Challenger, Diallo’s dwelling match which he triumphed at in 2022.

“It means rather a lot as a result of it’s onerous work from the earlier months that we’ve been placing in, my staff and I,” Diallo informed commentator Mike Cation. “Clearly with my peak, the objective is to not get damaged, however clearly it occurs generally. However the truth that I used to be in a position to go the entire match with out getting damaged was very spectacular. I feel it goes to the onerous work we put in, not solely on the serve, however the serve plus-one and my sport total.”

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Swiss Jerome Kym loved a dream week on dwelling soil on the Dialectic Zug Open, the place he collected his second Challenger title. The 21-year-old final month gained the Prostejov Challenger as a qualifier. Kym raced previous fourth-seeded Argentine Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-4, 6-4 within the closing and is as much as a career-high No. 181 following his title run.

“It has been a completely nice ambiance right here in Zug each day,” Kym mentioned whereas thanking the house crowd within the trophy presentation. “So many followers popping out to see the gamers. It at all times appears like enjoying Davis Cup when a Swiss participant makes it to the finals at a Swiss match, the individuals are loopy for tennis.”

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^{Jerome Kym competes in entrance of a packed crowd Sunday in Zug, Switzerland. Credit score: Fabian Meierhans/Dialectic Zug Open}

Frenchman Antoine Escoffier went one step additional than final week’s runner-up end in Pozoblanco to assert the Open Castilla y Leon in Segovia, Spain, the place he was a finalist final yr. The highest seed defeated Spaniard Alex Martinez 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 within the title match.

At 32 years and 4 months, Escoffier is the second-oldest first-time winner in Challenger historical past. Solely Joseph Sirianni (32 years, 10 months) was older when he gained his maiden title in Caloundra, Australia (2007).

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^{Antoine Escoffier wins the hard-court match in Segovia, Spain. Credit score: Open Castilla y Leon}

“I really feel very proud as a result of final yr it was an in depth match, I misplaced within the closing. I actually needed to do my greatest right now and hopefully get the title, which is finished now,” Escoffier mentioned.

Italian Federico Arnaboldi superior by means of qualifying en path to profitable the Internazionali di Tennis Verona. The 24-year-old downed #NextGenATP Vilius Gaubas 6-2, 6-2 within the closing to win his first Challenger title. Arnaboldi is up 108 spots to a career-high World No. 251.

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