Duje Ajdukovic is crowned in Germany after beating Bolivian Hugo Dellien in straight sets (7-5, 6-4) in their duel for the Luedenscheid Challenger final.
Hugo Dellien He was facing the fifth of the matches corresponding to a new edition of an ATP Challenger tournament in the city of Luedenscheid in this month of August 2023. He did so after continuing in the men’s final draw, where he would have to face off in the long-awaited final against the Croatian tennis player Duje Ajdukovic. The Bolivian player came to this match after having beaten Daniel Masur, Jozef Kovalik, Pedro Martínez and Benoit Paire since his debut. For his part, the Croatian tennis player came to this match after having previously done the same against Maximilian Marterer, Oriol Roca Battle, Rudolf Molleker and Raul Brancaccio. Inside of the head to head there are no precedents between the two tennis players, so it will be the first time they will face each other in official competition.
Ajdukovic tees off
The match started strong for Duje Ajdukovic. The Croatian player got the first game of the match, with a break included. Dellien would respond at the moment, who would manage to win the first two games of the match with a break included. After this would come a brief exchange of winning hits, where the balance would quickly tip to one of the sides. By triple game Ajdukovic scored three consecutive games, break through, to lead 5-3 in the light. Hugo desperately cut differences twice, leaving 5-5 equal. However, and twice, the European racket scored a final break to take advantage of its only set point.
At the start of the second set it would now be the Bolivian who began commanding the initial score. At the moment the Croatian would respond, succeeding a series of successes in the service of each racket. Everything would be very even, although suddenly the game would have to be suspended when it began to rain on the clay court. After a long period of interruption, the tennis players saw action again, in the defining part of the match. Ajdukovic made the difference with a break in the fifth game, to move up 3-2 and en route to the title. Finally, Ajdukovic himself would sentence his victory with a defining 6-4.
2023-08-05 19:29:06
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