Agustin Gomez caps dream run at Milan Challenger: 'I didn't expect to win'

pArgentine a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/federico-agustin-gomez/gj16/overview'Federico Agustin Gomez/a tossed his racquet in relief and raised his hands over his head. The 27-year-old had just won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour title as a qualifier in Milan./p

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Agustin Gomez won seven matches in as many days at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/milan/3463/2024/results'Aspria Tennis Cup/a, where he became the oldest first-time winner this season on the ATP Challenger Tour. A former standout at the University of Louisville, Agustin Gomez downed Romanian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/filip-cristian-jianu/j09x/overview'Filip Cristian Jianu/a 6-3, 6-4 in Saturday's final./p

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"I certainly didnrsquo;t expect to win the tournament: obviously you want to do things well, but it was also the first week with my new coach [Cesar Chiappari],rdquo; said Agustin Gomez, up 60 spots to a career-high No. 224 in the PIF ATP Rankings. ldquo;We decided to think about one match at a time, improving the details match after match."/p

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In other ATP Challenger Tour action, Ecuadorian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alvaro-guillen-meza/g0dh/overview'Alvaro Guillen Meza/a did not drop a set all week to win the Ibague Open in Colombia. The 21-year-old went one step further than last weekrsquo;s finalist finish at the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger, racing past Argentine a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/facundo-mena/mj98/overview'Facundo Mena/a 6-0, 6-4 in the final./p

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Guillen Meza, who has won nine of past 10 Challenger-level matches, moved 19 places to a career-high World No. 240 following his title run. The Guayaquil native is a two-time ATP Challenger Tour champion, having won in Lima last August./p

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