Dutra Silva Soars To Santiago Title
Dutra Silva Soars To Santiago Title
Revisit the week that was on the ATP Challenger Tour as we applaud the achievements of those on the rise and look ahead to who’s in action in the week to come
A LOOK BACK
Cachantun Open (Santiago, Chile): Top seed Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil continues his success in clay-court Challengers with a 7-5, 6-3 over wild card and local favourite Nicolas Jarry. The 33-year-old now has nine Challenger titles, eight of which have come on clay. He has won at least one Challenger every year since 2011.
Jarry drops to 0-2 in Challenger finals this year, having also finished runner-up in his previous event in Morelos, Mexico. (l. Bublik)
Zhuhai Open (Zhuhai, China): Top seed Evgeny Donskoy of Russia lived up to his billing by defeating seventh seed and defending champion Thomas Fabbiano of Italy, 6-3, 6-4. Fresh off his victory over Roger Federer at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Donskoy won the last 10 sets he played in Zhuhai. He picks up his 10th Challenger title and first since winning last July in Astana, Kazakhstan.
A LOOK AHEAD
There are four Challengers on the schedule this week, with the $150,000 event in Irving, Texas, taking top billing as it returns for the sixth straight year. Several top 50 players are scheduled to compete including defending champion Marcel Granollers of Spain, Paolo Lorenzi of Italy and Daniel Evans of Great Britain.
The $75,000 event in Drummondville, Canada, is back for the third consecutive year. Adam Pavlasek of the Czech Republic is the top seed and local favourite Peter Polansky is the second seed. #NextGenATP player Quentin Halys of France is the third seed. Promising Canadian teenagers Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime are also in the draw, in addition to last year’s runner-up Edward Corrie of Great Britain.
The $75,000 tournament in Shenzhen, China, also returns for the fourth straight year. Donskoy looks for another big week in China as the top seed and Yuichi Sugita of Japan is the second seed. #NextGenATP player Duckhee Lee of Korea is the fourth seed, while last year’s runner-up and local favourite Di Wu also features in the main draw.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, also plays host to a new $50,000 Challenger on hard-courts. Local favourite Carlos Berlocq is the top seed and Dutra Silva aims for another successful week as the second seed. Jarry is also in the draw as he aims for his first Challenger title.
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