The 16-year-old Diego Dedura-Palomero obtained a wild card for the Temuco Challenger in Chile. A teen used a possibility to safe his second Challenger victory. He ousted Pedro Sakamoto 7-6, 6-1 in an hour and 34 minutes, prevailing within the opener and crusing by set quantity two.
Dedura-Palomero’s father is from Chile, and their tennis group would like to see him abandoning the German flag and competing for them sooner or later. Diego added seven ATP factors to his tally with the first-round victory, cracking the top-600 on the reside ATP rating record.
The younger gun outplayed the extra skilled rival behind the primary and second serve. Dedura-Palomero defended six of eight break factors and supplied 4 breaks from ten alternatives, together with three in a row.
Diego Dedura-Palomero, Temuco Challenger 2024© Stream screenshot
Dedura-Palomero edges Sakamoto within the opener
Sakamoto denied a break level within the first sport of the match after a pressured error. A left-hander held within the second sport and made one other push on the return within the subsequent one. The German landed a forehand winner within the third sport, clinching a break and opening a 2-1 benefit.
The 16-year-old held at love in sport 4 and created one other break probability within the subsequent one. The Brazilian denied it with a service winner and generated three break factors within the subsequent one. Diego saved them and landed an ace down the T line, holding and transferring 4-2 in entrance.
Dedura-Palomero closed the eighth sport for a 5-3 lead, protecting the strain on the opposite aspect. Pedro confronted three set factors on serve within the ninth sport, saving them and prolonging the battle. A teen wasted a set level on serve at 5-4 and obtained damaged after a pressured error, protecting his rival alive.
Diego Dedura-Palomero, Temuco Challenger 2024© Stream screenshot
Sakamoto wasted sport factors within the eleventh sport and suffered a break, sending his opponent 6-5 in entrance. Diego served for the opener for the second time in sport 12 and positioned a backhand broad, shedding serve and experiencing a setback. Nonetheless, the German recovered within the tie break.
He stole the rival’s serve thrice for 4-1 earlier than dropping two factors on serve for extra drama. Dedura-Palomero hit a forehand winner within the eighth level for 5-3 and generated set factors after his fifth mini-break. Diego landed a backhand winner on the primary, clinching the opener 7-6 in 62 minutes.
Diego storms over Pedro in set quantity two
The younger German held at love firstly of the second set with a service winner. He welcomed the rival’s backhand error within the second sport for a set and a break benefit. Diego denied a break level within the third sport and closed it with a forehand winner for 3-0.
Sakamoto wasted a sport level within the fourth sport. He skilled the third straight break when the younger gun cracked a forehand down the road winner. Dedura-Palomero cast a 5-0 lead with a service winner and served for the win at 5-1. The German wasted two match factors.
A left-hander saved a break level with a service winner and landed one other on the third match level to maneuver excessive and have fun his second Challenger victory.
