Here comes Justin Engel…
The 18-year-old German has moved up three places to ninth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah after winning his first ATP Challenger Tour title in Hamburg. Engel won six tie-breaks on his way to the trophy, including one in the final, when he defeated fellow #NextGenATP star Federico Cina and became the first player born in 2007 to triumph on the Challenger Tour.
Engel now has 291 points and the Live Race To Jeddah ends on November 10. Engel aims to become the first German to participate in the Next Gen ATP Finals, presented by PIF.
Earlier this season, Engel impressed on home soil. He defeated compatriot Jan-Lennard Struff at the ATP 500 in Hamburg and advanced to the quarter-finals in Stuttgart. The German became the second-youngest player since 1990 to win a tour-level match (excluding Davis Cup) on all three surfaces: hard, clay and grass. Only Rafael Nadal accomplished this feat at a younger age, at 17 years and two months.
Joao Fonseca moved to second place in the Live Race To Jeddah after winning his first ATP 500 event in Basel. The 19-year-old Brazilian, who lifted the trophy in Jeddah in 2024, is the third-youngest ATP 500 champion in the series’ history (since 2009).
Fonseca dedicated his victory to his mother after his 6-3, 6-4 victory against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: “Since I was young, my mother traveled with me. Since I was 11, I traveled alone with her, so that title belongs to her.”
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