Mate Valkusz loved a breakthrough second this week on the Skopje Challenger, the place he superior by way of qualifying en path to claiming his maiden ATP Challenger Tour title.
The Hungarian received seven matches in as many days and defeated Argentine Francisco Comesana 6-3, 6-4 in Saturday’s ultimate on the Macedonian Open. Valkusz ousted three of the highest 5 seeds on the clay-court occasion, together with a quarter-final victory in opposition to prime seed Aziz Dougaz.
The 24-year-old Valkusz provides to the promising younger expertise hailing from Hungary. Zsombor Piros, 23, has captured two Challenger titles this 12 months whereas Fabian Marozsan received the Antalya Challenger in March and shocked Carlos Alcaraz en path to a fourth-round look on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion in Rome.
At a career-high No. 224 within the Pepperstone ATP Stay Rankings, Valkusz was additionally a finalist eventually month’s Ostrava Challenger.
Comesana was competing in his third Challenger ultimate and first of this 12 months. The 22-year-old collected two Challenger titles in 2022, in Corrientes and Buenos Aires.
