GENOA/STARNBERG, September 9, 2024 Francesco Passaro has captured the title of the AON Open Challenger-Memorial Giorgio Messina in Genoa, Italy. In the singles final, which was postponed from Sunday to Monday due to bad weather, the No. 6 seed of […]
GENOA/STARNBERG, September 7, 2024 The AON Open Challenger-Memorial Giorgio Messina, an international tennis tournament currently taking place in Genoa, Italy received significant recognition from the ATP for celebrating its 20th edition. Very few Challenger tournaments worldwide have reached this milestone. […]
GENOVA, September 9, 2019 Lorenzo Sonego successfully defended his AON Open Challenger Genova title. The top seed from Italy fought past 20-year-old Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in Sunday’s singles final. Sonego capitalized on six of his 12 break point chances […]
GENOVA, September 8, 2019 (by Brian Allen) One day after playing his best match of the tournament, defending champion Lorenzo Sonego found a way to win at the AON Open Challenger only playing well when it counted. The top-seeded Italian […]
GENOVA, September 7, 2019 (by Brian Allen) Playing the equivalent of two matches on Friday at the AON Open Challenger didn’t faze top-seeded Lorenzo Sonego. In fact, he got better with age. “I played my best match of the tournament,” […]
GENOVA, September 6, 2019 (by Brian Allen) Philipp Kohlschreiber, the No. 4 seed, overcame power-hitter Bernabe Zapata Miralles of Spain 7-5, 7-5 in a third-round matchup Thursday evening at the AON Open Challenger in Genova. He broke the Spaniard’s serve […]
GENOVA, September 5, 2019 (by Brian Allen) Experience matters, and Philipp Kohlschreiber displayed that in his 6-4, 6-4 win over 17-year-old Lorenzo Musetti of Italy at the AON Open Challenger in a Wednesday evening second-round matchup. The 35-year-old German, seeded […]
GENOVA, September 3, 2019 (by Brian Allen) Italy’s Giulio Zeppieri caused the first upset at the AON Open Challenger on Tuesday, beating No. 12 seed countryman Lorenzo Giustino 6-3, 6-2 in a second-round matchup. Zeppieri, a wildcard entry, kept Giustino […]
GENOVA, September 3, 2019 (by Brian Allen) Lorenzo Musetti’s shotmaking, and his willingness to quickly forget the occasional misfire, were at the core of his 6-3, 6-4 first-round victory over Filip Horansky in the feature match Monday night at the […]
GENOVA, August 22, 2019 The ATP Challenger Tour will return to Genova for the 10th edition of the AON Open Challenger – Memorial Giorgio Messina. The clay-court event offers a total prize money of €137,560 and will be held at […]
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