MORELOS, February 24, 2020

Juij Rodionov continues his good run of form by winning his second ATP Challenger Tour title of the season. The 20-year-old Austrian emerged victorious from Sunday’s singles final of the Morelos Open Credito Real, held at the Hotel Racquet Cuernavaca in Morelos. He beat No. 9 seed Juan Pablo Ficovich of Argentina 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Rodionov, who came from a set down for the consecutive time this week following his semi-final win over Guilherme Clezar of Brazil, capitalized on six of his 12 break point chances to secure victory in one hour and 42 minutes.

 

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Second title of year🥇Incredible week here in Morelos💪 Special thanks to @javierfrana66 really enjoyed the last weeks with you and I’m grateful to be working with you! #title #yonex #championstrainloserscomplain #ötv #sporthilfe 📷 @mendarte_photo

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The No. 10 seed of the $54,160 hard-court event pocketed $7,200 in prize money as well as 80 ATP Ranking points in Mexico. Rodionov clinched his third career title on the ATP Challenger Tour. The NextGen ATP-player lifted the trophies in Almaty, Kazakhstan two years ago and in Dallas, Texas last month.

On Saturday, Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith captured the doubles title. The top seeds from Australia battled past Carlos Gomez-Herrera of Spain and Shintaro Mochizuki from Japan 6-3, 6-7(4), 10-5. The encounter lasted one hour and 32 minutes.