COQUIMBO/STARNBERG, May 15, 2022
Facundo Diaz Acosta has claimed his maiden title on the ATP Challenger Tour by lifting the trophy of the Dove Men+Care Legión Sudamericana Coquimbo Challenger, a clay-court event hosted by the Club de Tenis Coquimbo in Chile.
In Saturday’s singles final between two unseeded players, the World No. 316 from Argentina battled past 19-year-old Brazilian wild card entry Pedro Boscardin Dias 7-5, 7-6(4).
Diaz Acosta converted four of his six break-point opportunities and won 52 per cent of the total points played to seal victory in one hour and 53 minutes.
¡FELICITACIONES FACUNDO DÍAZ ACOSTA 🇦🇷🏆🥇!
La final del “DOVE MEN+CARE Challenger Coquimbo” tuvo como ganador a Facundo Díaz Acosta quien se impuso 7/5 7/6 a Pedro Boscardin en un partido apasionante💪🏼
El zurdo argentino que llegará al top 235, su mejor ranking histórico👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/JF4NBjISSF
— Challenger Coquimbo (@ChallCoquimbo) May 14, 2022
At the age of 21, the Buenos Aires native has become the fourth Gaucho born in the 2000s to win a Challenger event, joining Juan Manuel Cerundolo, Sebastian Baez and Thiago Tirante. Diaz Acosta, a winner of three tournaments on the ITF Pro Circuit, earned $7,200 in prize money as well as 80 ATP Ranking points.
Duran/Mejia triumph in douubles
In other action, Guillermo Duran of Argentina and Nicolas Mejia from Colombia captured the doubles title. The No. 3 seeds upset the tournament’s top favourites Diego Hidalgo from Ecuador and Cristian Rodriguez of Venezuela 6-4, 1-6, 10-7 in the championship match, which lasted one hour and 24 minutes.
By winning their first team title, Duran and Mejia split $3,100 in prize money and pocketed 80 ATP Doubles Ranking points.
