#NextGenATP Debru joins Gasquet, Monfils in French Challenger history

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gabriel-debru/d0hd/overview'Gabriel Debru/a fell to his knees on the Italian clay following a gruelling 30-ball rally on championship point, which he clinched with a deft backhand drop volley. It was an emotional moment for the #NextGenATP 18-year-old as he won the a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/como/3473/overview" target="_blank"Challenger Cittarsquo; di Como/a, his second title in three months on the ATP Challenger Tour./pp

Debru, who won the Troyes Challenger in July, defeated Peruvian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ignacio-buse/b0id/overview'Ignacio Buse/a 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 in Sunday's final to become the youngest player to win multiple Challenger titles this season. The teen is the third-youngest Frenchman to win multiple Challenger trophies (since 1978), joining former Top 10 stars a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/richard-gasquet/g628/overview'Richard Gasquet/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gael-monfils/mc65/overview'Gael Monfils/a./ppstrongYoungest Frenchman To Win Multiple Challenger Titles/strong/ptable tbody tr tdstrongPlayer/strong/td tdstrongAge/strong/td tdstrongSecond Challenger Title/strong/td /tr tr tda href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/richard-gasquet/g628/overview'Richard Gasquet/a/td td16 years, eight months/td td2003 Sarajevo/td /tr tr tda href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gael-monfils/mc65/overview'Gael Monfils/a/td td18 years, seven months/td td2005 Tunis/td /tr tr tdstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gabriel-debru/d0hd/overview'Gabriel Debru/a/strong/td tdstrong18 years, eight months/strong/td tdstrong2024 Como/strong/td /tr /tbody/tablep

Following his title run, Debru is up nine spots to 13th in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah. He is aiming for his maiden trip to the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a, which runs from 18-22 December in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia./ppdiv style="position: relative; display: block; max-width: 100%;" div style="padding-top: 56.25%;" iframe src="https://players.brightcove.net/6057277721001/8gZSNwgH_default/index.html?videoId=6361402596112" allowfullscreen="" allow="encrypted-media" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;"/iframe /div/divp

In other Challenger action, Croatian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/duje-ajdukovic/a0cj/overview'Duje Ajdukovic/a moved closer to securing his Top 100 debut by triumphing at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/manacor/7973/2024/results'Rafa Nadal Open by Movistar/a. The 23-year-old captured his third Challenger title at the academy of 92-time tour-level titlist Nadal, whom Ajdukovic pushed to three sets in the semi-finals of Julyrsquo;s ATP 250 event in Bastad./ppimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/09/02/14/10/ajdukovic-mallorcach-2024.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/duje-ajdukovic/a0cj/overview'Duje Ajdukovic/a wins the Manacor Challenger." /br /emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/duje-ajdukovic/a0cj/overview'Duje Ajdukovic/a wins the Manacor Challenger. Credit: Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar/sup/em/pp

Ajdukovic, No. 105 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, overcame Italian lefty a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-gigante/g0gd/overview'Matteo Gigante/a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the final after saving 12 of the 14 break points he faced. In the second round, the fifth seed spoiled the return of his countryman and former World No. 3 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marin-cilic/c977/overview'Marin Cilic/a, who was competing in his first event since February./ppa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adrian-andreev/a0ab/overview'Adrian Andreev/a collected his maiden Challenger title at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/porto/2933/2024/results'Clube Tenis Porto Challenger/a, where he beat fourth-seeded Spaniard a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-taberner/te16/overview'Carlos Taberner/a 6-3, 6-0 in the championship match. Andreev, 23, did not drop a set all week to become the sixth Bulgarian champion in Challenger history./pp"It feels amazing. For me, it is a really big success," Andreev said. "I really wanted to win a Challenger and this is a nice place to do it. I'm really happy. It is probably the best tournament I've won... It looked easy in the score, but there were many close games, and I somehow managed to win all the important points."/ppimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/09/02/14/13/andreev-portoch-2024.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adrian-andreev/a0ab/overview'Adrian Andreev/a wins the Porto Challenger." /br /emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adrian-andreev/a0ab/overview'Adrian Andreev/a wins the Porto Challenger. Credit: MoveSoundClick/FPT/sup/em/pp

Japanrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yasutaka-uchiyama/u134/overview'Yasutaka Uchiyama/a returned to the winnersrsquo; circle at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/zhangjiagang/7783/2024/results'Zhangjiagang International Challenger/a, where the 32-year-old previously triumphed in 2018. Seeded fourth, Uchiyama earned his second Challenger title of the season (Busan) and seventh overall./ppIn the final, Uchiyama dropped just five points behind his first serve, according to Infosys ATP Stats, to rally past Estonian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mark-lajal/l0gh/overview'Mark Lajal/a 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-2.nbsp;/pp"I struggled with the heat and difficult ball control, but I was able to win," Uchiyama wrote in Japanese in a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C_ZJLoWTfRx/?img_index=1" target="_blank"an Instagram post/a. "After winning in Busan in April, I was aiming for another win this year. I want to fix my goal upwards and fight for the rest of the season."/ppimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/09/02/14/14/uchiyama-zhangjiagangch-2024.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yasutaka-uchiyama/u134/overview'Yasutaka Uchiyama/a at the Zhangjiagang Challenger." /br /emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yasutaka-uchiyama/u134/overview'Yasutaka Uchiyama/a at the Zhangjiagang Challenger. Credit: Chinese Tennis Association/sup/em/pp[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p