Rincon, former US Open boys champ, wins first Challenger title
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniel-rincon/r0fp/overview'Daniel Rincon/a earned a career milestone Sunday at the ATP Challenger Tour 75 event in Tampere, Finland, where the 21-year-old claimed his first title at that level./p
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The Spaniard joins elite company as a former a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a junior champion to win a Challenger title in the past 10 years, alongside a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/felix-auger-aliassime/ag37/overview'Felix Auger-Aliassime/a, Wu Yibing and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thiago-seyboth-wild/sx91/overview'Thiago Seyboth Wild/a. Rincon, a 2021 graduate of the Rafa Nadal Academy, defeated fourth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/calvin-hemery/hb48/overview'Calvin Hemery/a 6-1, 7-6(4) in the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/tampere/221/2024/results'Tampere Open/a final./p
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Following his title run, the lefty is up to a career-high No. 164 in the PIF ATP Rankings. Rincon is the youngest Spanish Challenger champion since a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pablo-llamas-ruiz/l0cx/overview'Pablo Llamas Ruiz/a last July./p
pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/07/29/15/10/rincon-tamperech-2024-trophy.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniel-rincon/r0fp/overview'Daniel Rincon/a triumphs on the clay courts of Tampere, Finland." /br /
emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniel-rincon/r0fp/overview'Daniel Rincon/a triumphs on the clay courts of Tampere, Finland. Credit: a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/tampere/221/2024/results'Tampere Open/a/sup/em/p
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In other ATP Challenger Tour action, Canadian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gabriel-diallo/d0f6/overview'Gabriel Diallo/a was unbroken across five matches to win the Chicago Menrsquo;s Challenger. The 6rsquo;8rdquo; 22-year-old faced just four break points, according to Infosys ATP Stats, relying on his hefty serve to capture his third Challenger title and first of this season./p
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A Montreal native who played at the University of Kentucky before turning pro at the end of 2022, Diallo ousted Buyunchaokete 6-3, 7-6(3) in the final. Chinarsquo;s lsquo;Bursquo; last week won the Granby Challenger, Diallorsquo;s home tournament which he triumphed at in 2022./p
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ldquo;It means a lot because itrsquo;s hard work from the previous months that wersquo;ve been putting in, my team and I,rdquo; Diallo told commentator Mike Cation. ldquo;Obviously with my height, the goal is to not get broken, but obviously it happens sometimes. But the fact that I was able to go the whole tournament without getting broken was very impressive. I think it goes to the hard work we put in, not only on the serve, but the serve plus-one and my game overall.rdquo;/p
pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/07/29/13/29/diallo-chicagoch-2024.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gabriel-diallo/d0f6/overview'Gabriel Diallo/a is crowned champion at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/chicago/2797/2024/results'Chicago Men's Challenger/a." /br /
emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gabriel-diallo/d0f6/overview'Gabriel Diallo/a is crowned champion at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/chicago/2797/2024/results'Chicago Men's Challenger/a. Credit: Eduardo Cantu/sup/em/p
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Swiss a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jerome-kym/k0ep/overview'Jerome Kym/a enjoyed a dream week on home soil at the Dialectic a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/zug/2785/2024/results'Zug Open/a, where he collected his second Challenger title. The 21-year-old last month won the Prostejov Challenger as a qualifier. Kym raced past fourth-seeded Argentine a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roman-andres-burruchaga/b0fv/overview'Roman Andres Burruchaga/a 6-4, 6-4 in the final and is up to a career-high No. 181 following his title run./p
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ldquo;It's been an absolutely great atmosphere here in Zug every day,rdquo; Kym said while thanking the home crowd in the trophy presentation. ldquo;So many fans coming out to see the players. It always feels like playing Davis Cup when a Swiss player makes it to the finals at a Swiss tournament, the people are crazy for tennis.rdquo;/p
pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/07/29/15/25/kym-zugch-2024.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jerome-kym/k0ep/overview'Jerome Kym/a competes in front of a packed crowd Sunday in Zug, Switzerland." /br /
emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jerome-kym/k0ep/overview'Jerome Kym/a competes in front of a packed crowd Sunday in Zug, Switzerland. Credit: Fabian Meierhans/Dialectic a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/zug/2785/2024/results'Zug Open/a/sup/em/p
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Frenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/antoine-escoffier/e768/overview'Antoine Escoffier/a went one step further than last weekrsquo;s runner-up finish in Pozoblanco to claim the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/segovia/783/2024/results'Open Castilla y Leon/a in Segovia, Spain, where he was a finalist last year. The top seed defeated Spaniard a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-martinez/m0gb/overview'Alex Martinez/a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 in the title match./p
pAt 32 years and four months, Escoffier is the second-oldest first-time winner in Challenger history. Only a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joseph-sirianni/s673/overview'Joseph Sirianni/a (32 years, 10 months) was older when he won his maiden title in Caloundra, Australia (2007)./p
pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/07/29/15/30/escoffier-segoviach-2024.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/antoine-escoffier/e768/overview'Antoine Escoffier/a wins the hard-court tournament in Segovia, Spain." /br /
emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/antoine-escoffier/e768/overview'Antoine Escoffier/a wins the hard-court tournament in Segovia, Spain. Credit: a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/segovia/783/2024/results'Open Castilla y Leon/a/sup/em/p
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ldquo;I feel very proud because last year it was a close match, I lost in the final. I really wanted to do my best today and hopefully get the title, which is done now,rdquo; Escoffier said./p
pItalian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/federico-arnaboldi/a0ba/overview'Federico Arnaboldi/a advanced through qualifying en route to winning the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/verona/9544/2024/results'Internazionali di Tennis Verona/a. The 24-year-old downed #NextGenATP a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vilius-gaubas/g0fw/overview'Vilius Gaubas/a 6-2, 6-2 in the final to win his first Challenger title. Arnaboldi is up 108 spots to a career-high World No. 251./p
pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/07/29/13/45/arnaboldi-veronach-2024.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/federico-arnaboldi/a0ba/overview'Federico Arnaboldi/a at the Verona Challenger." /br /
emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/federico-arnaboldi/a0ba/overview'Federico Arnaboldi/a at the Verona Challenger. Credit: a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/verona/9544/2024/results'Internazionali di Tennis Verona/a/sup/em/p
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