Brouwer, Munar save MPs en route to Challenger title runs
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gijs-brouwer/bo10/overview'Gijs Brouwer/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jaume-munar/mu94/overview'Jaume Munar/a saved match points en route to lifting trophies this past week on the ATP Challenger Tour./p
pWhile the 28-year-old Brouwernbsp;advanced through qualifying and went all the way to claim his maiden Challenger title, Munar triumphed at that level for a record-extending eighth consecutive season./p
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The Dutchman Brouwer downed home favourite and former World No. 10 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lucas-pouille/pf39/overview'Lucas Pouille/a 6-4, 7-6(2) in Sundayrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/saint-tropez/9552/2024/results'Saint-Tropez Open/a final. Brouwer saved two match points in the quarter-finals against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/benjamin-bonzi/bm95/overview'Benjamin Bonzi/a, who was the only player all week to take a set off the lefty./p
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ldquo;It feels unbelievable. I was really trying for years to get [a Challenger title] and now I finally have one. Irsquo;m super happy,rdquo; Brouwer said. ldquo;The key this week was the mentality, being good in my head, always staying positive throughout the week. I just kept playing and didn't think too much of the score. Just with a clean head every point and fight for every point.rdquo;/p
pMunar, 27,nbsp;won his 10th Challenger trophy at thea href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/bad-waltersdorf/2891/2024/results' Bad Waltersdorf Trophy/a in Austria. The top seed defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thiago-seyboth-wild/sx91/overview'Thiago Seyboth Wild/a 6-2, 6-1 in the final,nbsp;a day after Munar fended off three match points to outlast American a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nicolas-moreno-de-alboran/mw18/overview'Nicolas Moreno De Alboran/a in the last four./p
pimg alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jaume-munar/mu94/overview'Jaume Munar/a is crowned champion at the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger." style="width:100%;" src="/-/media/images/news/2024/09/24/14/34/munar-badwaltersdorfch-2024.jpg" /br /emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jaume-munar/mu94/overview'Jaume Munar/a is crowned champion at the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger. Credit: Bad Waltersdorf Trophy/sup/em/p
pIn other Challenger action, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/naoki-nakagawa/n707/overview'Naoki Nakagawa/a survived an all-Japanese marathon final to be crowned champion at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/columbus/8281/2024/results'Columbus Challenger/a. After three hours and 16 minutes, Nakagawa overcame a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/james-trotter/t0bw/overview'James Trotter/a 7-6(8), 5-7, 7-6(5) to secure his maiden Challenger title./p
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Nakagawa, who upset top seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/christopher-eubanks/e865/overview'Christopher Eubanks/a in the quarter-finals, entered the week with a career 4-29 record in Challenger main-draw matches and had not won a main-draw match at that level since October 2023. Following his title run, the 27-year-old is up 94 spots in the PIF ATP Rankings to World No. 335, one spot shy of tying his career high./p[ATP APP]
pFrenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/valentin-royer/r0eb/overview'Valentin Royer/a won the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/sibiu/6590/2024/results'BCR Sibiu Open/a in Romania, where he defeated countryman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luka-pavlovic/p0ay/overview'Luka Pavlovic/a 6-4, 6-0 in the final. The 23-year-old Royer, who was competing in his second Challenger final of the year, is up to a career-high World No. 182./p
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Argentine a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juan-pablo-ficovich/fa43/overview'Juan Pablo Ficovich/a returned to the winnersrsquo; circle at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/cali/9814/2024/results'KIA Open/a in Cali, Colombia. The 27-year-old needed a deciding set in his first four matches before cruising past #NextGenATP a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gonzalo-bueno/b0gr/overview'Gonzalo Bueno/a 6-0, 6-4 in the title match. Ficovich avenged this past Aprilrsquo;s Concepcion Challenger final loss to the 20-year-old./p
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