Thiago Seyboth Wild played the villain (not for the first time) in Switzerland last week, winning the Zug 125 event. He defeated local favourite Marc-Andrea Hüsler, who had announced that Zug was to be the final tournament of his career. A dream week however, culminated in a disappointing loss, butContinue Reading
Seven big ATP Challenger events last week, including two 125 events. Braunschweig is always one of the highlights of the tour, having won the Challenger event of the year award on multiple occasions. This year it was Jan Choinski taking the title, which makes it nine titles from ten finals.Continue Reading
Two maiden winners on the Challenger Tour last week. Braden Shick won the Cary 75 event to move to #325 on the rankings, just a single place below his career high. While Germany’s, Marvin Moller won his first title, to go along with the 9 ITF titles he’s accumulated. MollerContinue Reading
Only the three Challengers last week, with Wimbledon qualifying taking place. Inaki Montes de la Torre took advantage of the situation, taking out his maiden Challenger title in Plovdiv. The 23-year-old moves to a career high of #269. Târgu Mureș 75, Clay: Sumit Nagal (IND) def. Felix Balshaw (GBR), 6–3,Continue Reading
Plenty of players looking to get some matches under the belt in the lead up to Wimbledon. Aussie, Christopher O’Connell won his 7th Challenger title, and first on grass, taking out Finnish player, Otto Virtinan in two closely fought sets. Luca Van Assche has won his third title of theContinue Reading
Grass season is here, but you wouldn’t know it, with only one of the five Challenger events taking place on the natural surface. Bu Yunchaokete seems to love the surface though, winning his second grass court Challenger in a row, taking out the Ilkley 125 event, as he pushes upContinue Reading
We’ve had our first grass court Challenger of the year, with China’s Bu Yunchaokete taking out his first title on the surface, and fourth Challenger overall. Philip Henning was the only player last week to win his maiden title, in a hard-fought 3-setter at the Centurion II 50 event. HeContinue Reading
Plenty of players going straight form the Roland Garros qualifying event, into a Challenger event. Stefanos Sakellaridis wins his second Challnger title of the year, and moves to career high of 197 after a hard-fought final. Also winning their second title of the year, were Colton Smith and Lukas Neumayer,Continue Reading
Just the 3 ATP Challenger events last week, with the Roland Garros qualifying tournament taking centre stage. What that did, was give three players the chance to win their first ever title on the ATP Challenger Tour. David Jorda Sanchis won in Istanbul, which will propel him to a careerContinue Reading
A full schedule of seven Challenger events last week, including 2 big 175 events. Juan Manuel Curundolo notched up his 12th Challenger title, and 11th on clay, in a tightly fought final. That win pushes him to a career high ranking of 54, and is a great lead in toContinue Reading
