Lorenzo Sonego celebrates his first ATP tournament victory in Val Gardena

In the 64.000 euro tournament, the 22-year-old Italian beat German qualifier Tim Pütz 1:24, 6:4 after 6:4 hours of play.

The two surprise players met in the final. Before the tournament, Sonego was ranked 364th in the world, Pütz, who fought his way from qualifying to the final, was even ranked 459th. Sonego, who started in Val Gardena with a wild card from the organizers, won his first Challenger today -Title.

The match was very even from the start. The Italian had to fend off two break points from Pütz in the sixth game, but otherwise there was not a single break chance until 5:4, when the 22-year-old from Turin took advantage of his first opportunity and won the first set 6:4. The second period of the game was almost identical. Once again it was Sonego who took Pütz's serve in the tenth game and converted his second match point for a 6:4 victory. In addition to his first Challenger tournament victory, Sonego can also look forward to 1 ATP points and 80 euros in prize money. He will also gain almost 9.200 positions in the world rankings.

Arends/Sancic win double titles

The Dutchman Sander Arends and the Croatian Antonio Sancic, however, won the doubles title. In a highly exciting final, the top favorites beat the German-Israeli duo Jeremy Jahn/Edan Leshem in the super tiebreak today with 6:2, 5:7, 13:11.

It was a special victory for Sancic, as he had lost the doubles final here in Val Gardena with Nikola Mektic two years ago. Arends/Sancic controlled the match at the beginning and easily secured the first set 6:2. After Jahn/Leshem won the second period of the game 7:5, this final had to be decided in a super tiebreak. Here Arends/Sancic fended off three match points at 7:9 and 10:11 and then won 13:11.

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Lorenzo Sonego celebrates his first ATP tournament victory in Val Gardena

Lorenzo Sonego won the 8th edition of this year's “Sparkasse ATP Challenger Val Gardena Südtirol” in Ortisei, crowning an outstanding week for him.

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