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Seppi Sets Sights On Melbourne After Canberra Triumph

A LOOK BACK East Hotel Canberra Challenger (Canberra, Australia): Australia has been a home away from home for Italian veteran Andreas Seppi. A trio of Round of 16 appearances at the Australian Open included upsets of Marin Cilic in 2013, Roger Federer in 2015 and Nick Kyrgios in 2017. The 33-year-old's success Down Under has continued in 2018, picking up his eighth ATP Challenger Tour title on Saturday in Canberra.  It was his first title at any level since 2014, when he won on home soil in Ortisei. Seppi overcame sixth seed Marton Fucsovics 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 in the final and is primed for another run into the second week at Melbourne Park. He will open the first Grand Slam of...

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Duckworth Prevails In Canberra

A LOOK BACK Apis Canberra International (Canberra, Australia): Fifth seed and local favourite James Duckworth captured his second ATP Challenger Tour title of the year in an all-Aussie final over ninth seed Marc Polmans, 7-5, 6-3. Duckworth lasted lift up a winner’s trophy in May in Bangkok. The 19-year-old Polmans was making his first appearance in a Challenger final. He is projected to move inside the Top 220 of the Emirates ATP Rankings on Monday. Polmans has already jumped well over 600 spots in the Emirates ATP Rankings since the start of the season. Charlottesville Men’s Pro Challenger (Charlottesville, Virginia): American teenager Reilly Opelka captured his first pro title in a marathon final over Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium, 6-4, 2-6,...

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