Juan Manuel Cerúndolo remained with the Challenger de Tigre: “There is no better feeling than starting to win”

The Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo won today the Tigre Tennis Challenger, in the province of Buenos Aires, beating Bolivian Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the final.

It took Cerúndolo, seed No. 1 in the tournament and No. 151 in the ATP world rankings, to defeat Bolivian Dellien Velasco (327) in a change of match, in the first meeting between the two on the professional circuit.

The youngest of the Cerúndolo brothers thus ends an excellent week and wins the first Challenger of the season by beating successively the Frenchman Titouan Droguet (286), the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (418), the Argentine Guido Andeozzi (386) and the Italian Alessandro Giannessi (262).

Cerúndolo, who started losing the first set to Bolivian Dellien Velasco, had a difficult match. “He made me study everywhere, I couldn’t orient myself. I was there, I tried to fight and fight, until in the second set he gave me the chance to break through and I noticed that the intensity had dropped. I won the second and third in the second set It started with a very strong drop,” said the Argentine after his victory.

“I came to look for rhythm, but there is no better feeling than winning. I think I did things well in the preseason,” concluded the porteño.

In this way, Argentine tennis started 2023 in the best possible way in the Challenger tournaments, next in importance to the ATP, winning one in the first week of competition of the year.

During 2022, Argentina won 23 Challenger events, a new category record for a country in one season. Pedro Cachín of Cordoba, with 4 titles, was the one he won the most during the previous year.

The Tigre Challenger took place on the clay courts of the Hacoaj Nautical Club, in the city of Buenos Aires, and distributed a prize pool of $40,000.

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