Why not, let's pay attention to Challengers too...

[Aabye5]

Does anybody know if there is anywhere online to actually watch challengers matches? Particularly finals?

Here it is: https://www.atptour.com/en/atp-challenger-tour/challenger-tv

 

[Aabye5]

Finals for this week (Sat, Sep 9):

Genoa, Italy: [3] Thiago Seyboth Wild vs [7] Fabio Fognini
Seville, Spain: [1] Roberto Carballes Baena d Calvin Hemery, 63 61
Shanghai, China: [1] Christopher O'Connell vs Yosuke Watanuki
Tulln, Austria: Vit Kopriva vs Sumit Nagal
Cassis, France: [4] Tomas Machac vs [7] Mattia Bellucci
Istanbul, Turkey: [3] Lukas Klein vs [7] Damir Dzumhur

 

[bertrevert]

Does anybody know if there is anywhere online to actually watch challengers matches? Particularly finals?

challenger tv

https://www.atptour.com/en/atp-challenger-tour/challenger-tv/challenger-tv-search

 

[Aabye5]

Finals for this week (Sat, Sep 9):

Genoa, Italy: [3] Thiago Seyboth Wild, 62 76(3)
Seville, Spain: [1] Roberto Carballes Baena, 63 61
Shanghai, China: [1] Christopher O'Connell, 63 75
Tulln, Austria: Vit Kopriva, 62 64
Cassis, France: [7] Mattia Bellucci, 63 64
Istanbul, Turkey: [7] Damir Dzumhur,76(5) 63

Better to be odd this week, at least in terms of seeding

 

[Aabye5]

Winners for this week (Mon, Sep 18):

Guangzhou, China: [5] Terence Atmane v [2] Marc Polmans, 46 76(7) 64
Santa Cruz, Boliva: [6] Mariano Navone v [5] Francisco Comesana, 46 75 61
Cary (NC), US: [8] Zachary Svadja v [1] Rinky Hijikata, 76(3) 46 61
Rennes, France: Maxime Cressy v [8] Benjamin Bonzi, 63 20 (RET)
Szczecin, Poland: [5] Federico Coria v Vit Kopriva, 61 76(4)

Is Cressy back on the path to ATP 250 glory?

Also, players who win in Poland should be prompted to pronounce the name of the city where they won.

 

[James P]

Winners for this week (Mon, Sep 18):

Guangzhou, China: [5] Terence Atmane v [2] Marc Polmans, 46 76(7) 64
Santa Cruz, Boliva: [6] Mariano Navone v [5] Francisco Comesana, 46 75 61
Cary (NC), US: [8] Zachary Svadja v [1] Rinky Hijikata, 76(3) 46 61
Rennes, France: Maxime Cressy v [8] Benjamin Bonzi, 63 20 (RET)
Szczecin, Poland: [5] Federico Coria v Vit Kopriva, 61 76(4)

Is Cressy back on the path to ATP 250 glory?

Also, players who win in Poland should be prompted to pronounce the name of the city where they won.

Stettin

 

[Aabye5]

Finals for this week (Sun, Sep 24):

Saint-Tropez, France: [9] Liam Broady vs Constant Lestienne
Antofagasta, Chile: [Alt] Tristian Boyer vs Camilo Ugo Carabelli
Columbus (Ohio), US: [2] Denis Kudla vs [6] Alexis Galarneau
Sibiu, Romania: [8] Nerman Fatic vs [3] Damir Dzumhur
Bad Waltersdorf, Austria: TBD vs TBD

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

Finals for this week (Sun, Sep 24):

Saint-Tropez, France: [9] Liam Broady vs Constant Lestienne
Antofagasta, Chile: [Alt] Tristian Boyer vs Camilo Ugo Carabelli
Columbus (Ohio), US: [2] Denis Kudla vs [6] Alexis Galarneau
Sibiu, Romania: [8] Nerman Fatic vs [3] Damir Dzumhur
Bad Waltersdorf, Austria: TBD vs TBD

Mere months before turning 30, Liam Broady FINALLY cracks the Top 100 - congrats to him!

Sadly he could not put the icing on the cake, as he lost a rough one in the St Tropez final.

 

[Aabye5]

Winners for the week of Sun, Sep 24:

Saint-Tropez, France: Constant Lestienne vs [9] Liam Broady, 46 63 64
Antofagasta, Chile: Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs [Alt] Tristian Boyer, 36 61 75
Columbus (Ohio), US: [2] Denis Kudla vs [6] Alexis Galarneau, 61 62
Sibiu, Romania: [8] Nerman Fatic vs [3] Damir Dzumhur, 62 64
Bad Waltersdorf, Austria: Andrea Pellegrino vs Dennis Novak, 16 76(5) 63

 

[Aabye5]

Finals for this week (Sun, Oct 1):

Bogota, Colombia: [4] Thiago Agustin Tirante vs Gustavo Heide
Orleans, France: Tomas Machac vs [8] Jack Draper
Braga, Portugal: Duje Ajdukovic vs [Q] Oriol Roca Batalla
Charleston (SC), US: (WC) Oliver Crawford vs Abdullah Shelbayh

Are you expecting a Jack-Jack Attack tomorrow or will there be Machac in the air and on the winner-board? Btw, quite a stacked draw in Orléans, everybody from Gasquet and Paire to Goffin and Molcan featured in the draw.

Abdullah Shelbayh from Jordan has had quite a run to the final, taking out Brandon Holt, my new fave Ethan Quinn, and Ryan Peniston on the way. Watch out for this youngster! (Feature from 2022: https://www.atptour.com/en/news/abdullah-shelbayh-atp-challenger-tour-feature-2022)

 

[Aabye5]

Check out this hot shot from Charleston:

Around The Net! Zink Hits Shot Of The Year Candidate At Charleston Challenger | Video Search Results | ATP Tour | Tennis

www.atptour.com

 

[Aabye5]

Winners for this week (Sun, Oct 1):

Bogota, Colombia: [4] Thiago Agustin Tirante vs Gustavo Heide, w/o
Orleans, France: Tomas Machac vs [8] Jack Draper, 64 46 63
Braga, Portugal: [Q] Oriol Roca Batalla vs Duje Ajdukovic, 46 61 61
Charleston (SC), US: Abdullah Shelbayh vs (WC) Oliver Crawford, 62 67(5) 63

Shelbayh comes through in Charleston for his first title, as Mr Machac takes out Draper.

 

[albatros_forehand]

Good to see Machac playing well

 

[Aabye5]

Winners for this week (Sun, Oct 8):

Alicante, Spain: [1] Constant Lestienne vs Hugo Grenier, 67(10) 62 64
Campinas, Brazil: Thiago Monteiro vs [8] Camilo Ugo Carabelli, 36 64 64
Mouilleron-le-Captif, France: [8] Tomas Machac vs [Q] Arthur Fery, 63 64
Lisbon, Portugal: [2] Flavio Cobolli vs Benjamin Hassan, 75 75
Tiburon (CA), US: Zachary Svajda vs Adam Walton, 62 62

Mr Magic does it again in France!

 

[albertobra]

No comments o Monteiro's trophy

 

[Aabye5]

No comments o Monteiro's trophy

At least we know it's for tennis?

 

[Aabye5]

Winners for this week (Sun, Oct 15):

Bratislava, Slovak Republic: Gabriel Diallo vs Joris De Loore, 60 75
Malaga, Spain: [Q] Ugo Blanchet vs Mattia Bellucci, 64 64
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Mariano Navone vs [1] Federico Coria, 26 63 64
Shenzhen, China: [2] Aleksandar Kovacevic vs Nuno Borges, 76(4) 76(5)
Fairfeld (CT), US: [4] Zachary Svajda vs Nishesh Basavareddy, 64 61

Second title in the past two weeks for Svajda.

 

[James P]

Svajda has won two in a row and three of his last four Challenger tournaments.

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

Svajda has won two in a row and three of his last four Challenger tournaments.

About time! When I first laid eyes on him, I was expecting him to win his first challenger by age 10.

 

[Aabye5]

About time! When I first laid eyes on him, I was expecting him to win his first challenger by age 10.

Wasn't afraid to step into the court. Young Agassi and Svajda would have gotten along fine.

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

Wasn't afraid to step into the court. Young Agassi and Svajda would have gotten along fine.

Yup, pretty insane for a 6 year old. Little did we know he had already reached his full height...

 

[Aabye5]

Winners for this week (Sun, Oct 22):

Olbia, Italy: [Q] Kyrian Jacquet vs [7] Flavio Cobolli, 63 64
Sante Fe, Argentina: Mariano Navoe vs Andrea Pellegrino, 36 62 63
Shenzhen, China: [1] James Duckworth vs Chak Lam Colema Wang, 60 61
Hamburg, Germany: Illya Marchenko vs [1] Dennis Novak, 62 63

 

[Aabye5]

Mariano wins back-to-back titles on home soil, first in Buenos Aires and now in Sante Fe.

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

Winners for this week (Sun, Oct 22):

Olbia, Italy: [Q] Kyrian Jacquet vs [7] Flavio Cobolli, 63 64
Sante Fe, Argentina: Mariano Navoe vs Andrea Pellegrino, 36 62 63
Shenzhen, China: [1] James Duckworth vs Chak Lam Colema Wang, 60 61
Hamburg, Germany: Illya Marchenko vs [1] Dennis Novak, 62 63

Cobolli cracks the Top 100 with a surprising run on his least favorite surface. A win in the final would have actually crowned him the n. 1 Roman ahead of Berrettini... But with Matteo not expected to return anytime soon, that distinction appears to be just a matter of time.

 

[James P]

Cobolli cracks the Top 100 with a surprising run on his least favorite surface. A win in the final would have actually crowned him the n. 1 Roman ahead of Berrettini... But with Matteo not expected to return anytime soon, that distinction appears to be just a matter of time.

Cobolli taking his sweet time to cracking the top 100

Good stuff, though, think he's #3 of 2002 class (behind Musetti and Shelton), also behind 2003/2004 products (Rune, Alcaraz, Van Assche, and Fils).

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

Cobolli taking his sweet time to cracking the top 100

Good stuff, though, think he's #3 of 2002 class (behind Musetti and Shelton), also behind 2003/2004 products (Rune, Alcaraz, Van Assche, and Fils).

It's actually a pretty impressive result, fruit of lots of hard work and a very consistent run in recent months. Because, really, he isn't this spectacular prospect. Fairly complete, but no real top-level weapons.

 

[Aabye5]

Our first winners for this week (Sun, Oct 29):

Ortisei, Italy: [Q] Lukas Klein d. Maks Kasnikowski, 67(4) 76(4) 76(6)
Playford, Australia: [4] James Duckworth d. Chak Lam Colema Wong, 75 75

Playford's final was a repeat of Shenzhen, but good on Wong for posting a better scoreline this week.

 

[Aabye5]

And our second set of winners (Sun, Oct 29):

Brest, France: Pedro Martinez d. [4] Benjamin Bonzi, 76(6) 76(1)
Curitibia, Brazil: [5] Hugo Dellien d. Oliver Crawford, 76(6) 46 76(1)

Pedro Martinez follows in Roger's footsteps by taking home the Challenger title in Brest.

 

[James P]

Some really tall guy named Reilly Opelka is playing in Charlottesville this week. Word on the street, he's a 7 footer!

 

[Aabye5]

Some really tall guy named Reilly Opelka is playing in Charlottesville this week. Word on the street, he's a 7 footer!

Keen interest in art as well:

 

[Aabye5]

Last week's winners (starting Oct 30, 2023):

Guayaquil, Ecuador: [5] Alejandro Tabilo d. [2, WC] Daniel Elahi Galan, 62 62
Charlottesville, VA, US: Beibit Zhukayev d. [Q] Aidan Mayo, 63 64
Sydney, Australia: [3] Taro Daniel d. [6] Marc Polmans, 62 64
Bergamo, Italy: [1] Jack Draper d. [5] David Goffin, 16 76(3) 63
Ismaning, Germany: [Q] Antoine Bellier d. [2] Maximilian Marterer, 76(5) 67(5) 76(6)

 

[Aabye5]

Young Ethan Quinn made the semis of Charlottesville where he lost to Aidan Mayo, another youngster. Both qualified for the event.

 

[Aestheticsaboveallelse]

Challengers updates:

Recanati Challenger: Italy

Stefano Galvani(ITA) d Artem Smirnov(UKR) 6-2 6-0
Charles-Antoine Brezac(FRA) d Miloslav Mecir(SVK) 6-4 6-4
Kenny De Schepper(FRA) d Matwe Middelkoop(NED) 7-5 4-2 Retired
Fabrice Martin(FRA) d Federico Delbonis(ARG) 6-3 6-4
Federico Gaio(ITA) d Paolo Lorenzi(ITA) 5-7 6-4 6-4
Adrian Ungur(ROU) d Riccardo Ghedin(ITA) 3-6 6-4 6-2
Roberto Bautista-Agut(ESP) d Ludovic Walter(FRA) 6-1 7-6(5)
Gregoire Burquier(FRA) d Daniel Cox(GBR) 7-5 6-0
Grega Zemlja(SLO) d Federico Torresi(ITA) 6-3 6-2

Wuhai Challenger: China

1st Round.

Danai Udomchoke(THA) d Ti Chen(TPE) 3-6 6-3 6-2
Young-Jun Kim(KOR) d Woong-Sun Jun(KOR) 6-2 6-3
Tsung-Hua Wang(TPE) d Chuhan Wang(CHN) 6-2 6-4
Nikolaus Moser(AUT) d Guillaume Rufin(FRA) 6-3 6-2
Michael Ryderstedt(SWE) d Peng Gao(CHN) 6-3 6-4
Kento Takeuchi(JPN) d Mao-Xin Gong(CHN) 7-6(5) 2-6 7-6(2)
Amir Weintraub(ISR) d Hiroki Kondo(JPN) 6-3 6-2
Nicholas Monroe(USA) d Ze Zhang(CHN) 7-5 6-2
Kittipong Wachiramanowong(THA) d Ya-Nan Ma(CHN) 6-7(7) 6-4 7-6(2)
Inigo Cervantes-Huegun(ESP) d Hsin-Han Lee(TPE) 6-4 6-2
Guillermo Olaso(ESP) d Jae-Sung An(KOR) 6-2 6-2

Yo dawg. Who's the next big thing in tennis?

 

[Aabye5]

This week's winners (Sun, Nov 19):

Kobe, Japan: Duje Ajdukovicle d. [5] Sho Shimabukuro, 64 62
Drummondville, Canada: [6] Zizou Bergs d. [2] James Duckworth, 64 75
Danderyd, Sweden: [2] Maximilian Marterer d. [8] Brandon Nakashima, 26 64 63
Champaign, IL, US: [7] Patrick Kypson d. [2] Alex Michelsen, 64 63

Pending the result in -
Montevideo, Uruguay: [4] Facundo Diaz Acosta v. Thiago Monteiro

 

[FrankyRelax]

Just popping into say that Challenger TV has finally been updated to a streaming resolution worthy of the 21st century. No more 480p

 

[tennisfan17]

Great to see runs by Koepfer and Diallo. Love watching them both.

 

[James P]

Doubt this happens often but, tomorrow's final in Chennai, Luca Nardi vs Sumit Nagal, will be a winner-take-all opportunity to break into the top 100 in the rankings (for their first time). I'm sure it will be a nervy affair.

 

[Moose Malloy]

Berrettini plays Borges in the final of the Phoenix challenger today at 5 pm est. It's on T2 which is free to anyone with Amazon Prime.

 

[helterskelter]

Interesting match between Thiem and Krajinovic in the opening round of this week’s challenger in Croatia.

 

[nounforcederrors]

For those of us wondering how Kyle Edmunds is doing on his long recovery road, he plays a qualie round tomorrow in the Sarasota, Florida Challenger.

 

[nounforcederrors]

Kyle defeated Jürgen's younger brother, Gerald Melzer, in the Sarasota qualies 1&4.

 

[Cage Rattler]

Pretty crazy at the challenger in Madrid ... cleaning and watering the court at 5-5 in the 3rd - Ramos-Vinolas playing

 

[PapaTennis]

Michelsen seems to have suddenly come apart mentally. I really want this kid to do well but he has begun to self-destruct. My dude is down a set to Sonego in the Cagliari challenger, wins the second 6-2, up 3-0 in the third and IMPLODES. Loses 6-3.

I don't recall that being an issue until the epic collapse in Los Cabos against Thompson. Kid can't close out a tough match. 10-5 on the year prior to that match against Thompson. 3-8 since.

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

In other news, Youtuber Karue Sell of My Tennis HQ has won his first MD challenger match in 6 years, dismantling the number 1 seed and top 200 player Calvin Hemery in the first round of Porto Alegre, having come through qualifying. Top 500 now just a stone's throw away... well done Karue!

 

[loosegroove]

Livestream of Murray playing right now...

 

[pcplum]

First match with a Yonex?

 

[Pass750]

American in Italy visiting wife family, flicking thru the channels and found Turino challenger. Surprised to see so many top ATP guys in this tournament, is this common? And not to stir up trouble, is it fair for these guys to drop down to a lower level like this? Hard enough for lower guys to make money, even worse when these guys who are on ATP tour try to vulture these tournaments.