The Czech tennis player Live in Lehecka and the french Alexandre Müller they consecrated themselves ATP 250 champions in Brisbane and Hong Kongrespectively.
Tennis has its first champions
The first of them, Lightweightwon the second title of his career due to retirement of American Reilly Opelka in the final when the European led 4-1 in the first set.
Although the type of injury Opelka suffered is not yet known, the American giant left everyone worried as he was getting back into rhythm after being absent from the circuit for the last two seasons due to physical problems.
Lehecka, for his part, had defeated the Danish Holger Rune, the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the Chilean Nicolás Jarry and the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov on his way to the final, who also withdrew from the match.
This was the second title as a professional for Lehecka, only 23 years old, after the one he won in Adelaide at the beginning of 2024.
The other player who became champion this Sunday was the Frenchman Alexandre Müller, who beat the Japanese Kei Nishikori in the Hong Komg final.
Müller took the victory after one hour and 43 minutes, after recover from a weak first set in which they lost 6-2 and then won 6-1 and 6-3 in the following sets to seal the victory.
In this way, he obtained his first title as a professional at 27 years old and will climb 11 positions, to 56th in the ATP ranking.
On his way to the title Müller had beaten the Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler, the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, his compatriot Arthur Fils and the Spanish Jaume Munar.
Nishikori, for his part, ends the week with very good feelings, as he showed glimpses of his best tennis and achieved great victories, such as those against Denis Shapovalov, Karen Khachanov and Cameron Norrie, all players who were top 10.
All this will allow him to reach the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, with the hope of being competitive and causing problems for the best.just as he knew how to do for much of the 2010s before the injuries that kept him away from the circuit for a long time.
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2025-01-05 14:29:00