Scintillating present: Jacquet pocketed the title at a canter.
| Photograph Credit score: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM
Kyrian Jacquet ensured that it was a somewhat memorable maiden go to to the SDAT tennis stadium for budding nine-year-old fan Tamara, because the Frenchman beat Swede Elias Ymer 7-6(1), 6-4 within the remaining to clinch the Chennai Open ATP Challenger title right here on Sunday.
Buoyed by the assist from his compatriots, he earned $22,730 and 100 rating factors.
Energised by the zeal from the French contingent within the stands, Jacquet put up an impressed efficiency. He banked on his strengths – slicing usually to interrupt his opponent’s rhythm and speeding the web for the winners.
The 23-year-old hit three successive backhand slices in a 17-stroke rally when he was 4-3 up within the first set. He later produced essentially the most spectacular stroke of the match from the web: a mid-air between-the-legs volley.
It helped Jacquet that his opponent was alarmingly error-prone. Jacquet received the primary set tie-break 7-1, courtesy of Ymer’s six unforced errors. The champion remarkably performed a forehand cross-court move to Ymer’s drop from the web for his first level. Ymer received his sole level when Jacquet double-faulted.
From there, Ymer made a minimum of 13 unforced errors, together with a double fault, till he was down 1-4 within the second set. He caught up and made it 4-4, earlier than making three unforced errors to assist his opponent maintain serve with out shedding a degree. He saved a match level within the subsequent recreation however double-faulted instantly after for Jacquet to interrupt serve and win the championship.
“I wish to dedicate this title to my grandfather who handed away in December,” mentioned Jacquet after the summit conflict.
The consequence (singles, remaining): Kyrian Jacquet (Fra) bt Elias Ymer (Swe) 7-6(1), 6-4.
Printed – February 09, 2025 08:02 pm IST