SAN BENEDETTO, July 22, 2019
Renzo Olivo has clinched his first ATP Challenger title since 2016, winning the San Benedetto Tennis Cup. The 27-year-old from Argentina fought past No. 3 seeded Italian Alessandro Giannessi 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-4 in Sunday’s singles final of the €46,600 clay-court event.
in front of packed stands at the Circolo Tennis Maggioni in San Benedetto del Tronto, Olivo won 70 per cent of his first service points and broke his opponent four times to prevail after two hours and 54 minutes.
The crowd is packed and the stage is set. The final has arrived in San Benedetto.
🇦🇷 Olivo vs. 🇮🇹 Giannessi for the 🏆 pic.twitter.com/YGUucKAROQ
— ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) July 21, 2019
By lifting his third ATP Challenger career trophy, his first since Buenos Aires three years ago, Olivo collected in the Italian coastal city €6,190 in prize money as well as 80 ATP Ranking points.
Following a successful 2017 season, Olivo considered hanging up his racquet after he fell outside the Top 500 of the ATP Rankings on year later.
“I was close to stopping, but mentally I came out of it,” said Olivo, as quoted on the ATP Challenger website. “And I’m ready to start again.”
On Saturday, Ivan and Matej Sabanov of Croatia won the doubles title. The unseeded duo defeated the tournament’s fourth favourites Sergio Galdos and Juan Pablo Varillas from Peru 6-4, 4-6, 10-5. The encounter lasted one hour and 32 minutes.
