On Wednesday, Christian Garin stared down five match points against second seed Jeremy Chardy in their second-round match at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship. Four days later, the Chilean lifted his first ATP Tour title in Houston.
A LOOK BACK
Santaizi ATP Challenger (Taipei City, Chinese Taipei): Welcome to the winners' circle, Dennis Novak! For five years the Austrian has been fighting for his first ATP Challenger Tour title, and on Sunday he finally celebrated his maiden moment.
After 10 years of waiting, Chile has an ATP Tour singles champion. Christian Garin dug deep on Sunday in the final of the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston, weathering a barrage of aggressive forehands from #NextGenATP Norwegian Casper Ruud to prevail 7-6(4)...
Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic, last year’s finalists, were forced to save one match point on Sunday en route to the second round of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.
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