Most players would be happy with one ATP Challenger Tour title during their season, but Facundo Bagnis has gone above and beyond by lifting his sixth winner’s trophy of 2016 in Bogota, Colombia. The 26-year-old from Argentina prevailed as the top seed at the $75,000 event by defeating countryman and second seed Horacio Zeballos, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6. All six of his titles this year came on clay in South America. Bagnis has now tied Juan Ignacio Chela (2001) and Younes El Aynaoui (1998) for most Challenger titles won in a single season. “I’m very happy. It’s impossible to have a better end to the year,” said Bagnis. “Last week, I was in Guayaquil (Ecuador) and feeling very tired from the...
Missed a moment of the action from Sunday at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals? Here’s your executive summary. 1) Murray Crowned King Of London, Finishes Year At No. 1 In the championship match that all tennis fans were waiting for, Andy Murray defeated four-time defending champion Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 to win the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and finish 2016 as year-end World No. 1. He is the first British player to be crowned champion at the season-ending finale. Murray is the 17th player to finish atop the Emirates ATP Rankings. He wrapped up 2016 with five straight titles and 24 consecutive victories, in addition to pocketing a cool $2,391,000 for his efforts at The O2. Djokovic was...
Watch highlights of Milos Raonic earning his first Barclays ATP World Tour Finals win by beating Gael Monfils on Sunday at The O2. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples / ATP World Tour
A LOOK BACK Hyogo Noah Challenger (Kobe, Japan): Fifth seed and #NextGen star Hyeon Chung continued his successful comeback from injury by defeating seventh seed James Duckworth of Australia in the championship match, 6-4, 7-6(4). This is Chung’s second Challenger title of the year after prevailing in September in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Since returning in September after four months out with an abdominal injury, he has posted a 20-3 record on the ATP Challenger Tour. Duckworth was riding a nine-match win streak after capturing his second Challenger title of 2016 just one week earlier in Canberra, Australia. Knoxville Challenger (Knoxville, Tennessee): American teenager Michael Mmoh broke through on home soil with his first Challenger title by defeating Peter Polansky, 7-5, 2-6,...