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Fucsovics Caps Challenger Grass Season With Ilkley Crown

A LOOK BACK Aegon Ilkley Trophy (Ilkley, U.K.): There is no stopping Marton Fucsovics in the month of June. The Hungarian claimed his second title in four weeks on Sunday, prevailing on the grass of Ilkley with a dominant 6-1, 6-4 win over qualifier Alex Bolt of Australia. Also the champion at the clay-court Challenger in Vicenza, Italy, 25-year-old Fucsovics has moved to the doorstep of a Top 100 breakthrough. Now a four-time winner on the ATP Challenger Tour, he has boosted his position in the Emirates ATP Rankings to a career-high World No. 107. The title was extra sweet for Fucsovics, who was awarded a main draw wild card at Wimbledon following the match. Your 2017 #ATPChallenger grass-court winners......

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Fucsovics Saves 2 M.P. To Prevail In Vicenza

A LOOK BACK  Internazionali Di Tennis Citta Di Vicenza (Vicenza, Italy): Marton Fucsovics of Hungary fought off two championship points to take the title over seventh seed Laslo Djere of Serbia 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-2. Djere held a match point while serving at 6-5 in the second set and another at 7/6 in the tie-break, but Fucsovics fought back to prevail in two hours and 21 minutes. The 25-year-old Hungarian is the second player to save match points in an ATP Challenger Tour final this year, joining Yuichi Sugita, who saved two in Yokohama. He also showed his mental toughness throughout the week by rallying from a set down in three matches. This is the third Challenger title for Fucsovics and...

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