Defending the top seed glory, Zeng Junxin defended his title for the first time in his career

In the draw of all levels of tennis events, there are seeded players, they are all high-ranked players in the world in the tournament they participate in, and the big seeds can avoid other seeded players in the first few rounds of the event, so objectively speaking, the top seed is often much less difficult to win the championship than other players. However, there are always surprises, as only one top seed won the title at the Challenger last week, while the other two top seeds failed to have the last laugh. So, who are these top seeds? What's going on here? Today, let the humble article take you to see it.

Last week, the Little Rock Challenge, the Vicenza Challenge, and the Chisinau Challenge kicked off at the same time. However, in the first round of the Little Rock Challenge, American Kruger, who had won both the Grand Slam and the Masters, lost to his qualifying compatriot Kipson, who was the tournament's top seed. After the victory over Kruger, Kipson went from strength to strength and sings all the way to the championship. It is worth mentioning that China's Zhou Yi also appeared in this challenge, but unfortunately he lost to Japan's Rio Noguchi in the first round, and still has not been able to get a victory in the main draw of the overseas challenge.

Russia's Simakin undoubtedly had a much better record than Kruger, having made it all the way to the final in the Chisinau Challenger. Although the top seed was beaten in two sets by France's Sidek in the final, he already achieved his best record in the Challenger Tournament.

Taiwan's Zeng Junxin, the only of the three top seeds from Asia, appeared at the Vicenza Challenger. Last season, Zeng Junxin won her fifth career Challenger title here, allowing her to regain her qualification for the Grand Slam qualifiers. Not long ago, Zeng Junxin won the first victory of his career in the main draw of the Overseas Masters. Not only that, but this year, he also reached the quarterfinals of his first career ATP 500 tournament. Judging from these data, Zeng Junxin is undoubtedly improving.

Sure enough, Zeng Junxin defeated Bolivia's Mu Derian in the first round bloodlessly and successfully advanced. However, in the second round, Zeng Junxin and Romanian qualifier F Bondioli unexpectedly fell into a hard battle, and fought with their opponents until the deciding set before winning with difficulty and advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, in the duel with the former Challenger champion of Austria qualifier Schweierzler, Zeng Junxin did not relent, defeating his opponent in straight sets and reaching the semifinals.

Coming to the semi-finals, Zeng Junxin's opponent was Luxembourg's C Rodesch, and there was no accident, he defeated his opponent and reached the final, which is already a stone's throw away from the championship. Zeng Junxin's opponent in the final is Austria's Neumeier, and it should be noted that this is the first time Neumeier has reached the final of the Challenger this year.

Because Zeng Junxin is far superior to his opponent in terms of competition experience, comprehensive strength, and world ranking, of course, there is no suspense in this game, and Zeng Junxin won the championship. He became the only man to win the Challenger last week as the top seed, and he also successfully defended his title at the Challenger Vicenza, which was Zeng's first successful Challenger title. That's it for today, and it will continue tomorrow.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Yixin Jushi)